U.S. Marines raised an American flag on the Japanese island’s highest peak exactly 80 years ago. But the fighting, some of ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito, marking his 65th birthday, stressed the importance to keep telling the tragedy of the World War II to younger generations, pledging to contribute to the effort to promote und ...

Ben Gran lived in Japan for a year teaching English. More than 20 years later, he still vividly remembers the experience and ...

For a religion that preaches the transience of all things, the ever shifting sands of China's western deserts might seem the ...

This is the festival’s 41st year in the Valley and it will gather dozens of merchant and food vendors at Steele Indian School ...

Woven City near Mount Fuji is where Japanese automaker Toyota plans to test everyday living with robotics, artificial ...

It is now easier to reach Gifu prefecture from Europe with direct flights from Helsinki to Nagoya. View on euronews ...

The Okhostk culture thrived in northern Hokkaido from the fifth to ninth centuries and may have provided the Ainu with some ...

After centuries of forced assimilation, Japan’s indigenous Ainu population, language and culture are emerging once more ...

The Penn Museum, in collaboration with the Penn Libraries, recently launched various Ainu-themed programming, including a ...