An international research expedition involving Cornell has uncovered new details as to why a 2011 earthquake northeast of ...

Every year during the Japanese Grand Prix, Tokyo makes space for Nagoya and its surroundings, Japan’s fourth largest city and home to Japanese car manufacturers and tuners ranging from Toyota to ...

IKITSUKI, Japan — On this small island in rural Nagasaki, Japan’s Hidden Christians gather to worship what they call the Closet God. In a special room about the size of a tatami mat is a scroll ...

Japan's "Hidden Christian" population, members of the Japanese Catholic Church who had to go into hiding during intense religious persecution, will be getting a big boost this weekend from Pope ...

Spanish and Portuguese missionaries arrived in Japan in the 1500s, but Christianity was later banned and Christians disguised their faith with a... Driven Underground Years Ago, Japan's 'Hidden ...

Lake bridge in fog with tree reflection in water, Ino-cho, Kochi Prefecture. . If you’re ready to explore Japan in a novel and enriching way, check out these two new tours offered by Walk Japan. If ...

IKITSUKI ISLAND/NAGASAKI CITY, Japan (Reuters) - His face weathered from years at sea, kimono-clad Japanese fisherman Masaichi Kawasaki kneels before an altar adorned with images of the Virgin Mary, ...

Japanese carpenters have been building elaborate shrines by hand for more than a millennium. A new exhibit shows the extraordinary tools and joints behind these extraordinary buildings. Since the 7th ...

Discover Japan’s underrated used tool shops! From power tools to hand tools, find hidden bargains that every DIYer and ...

TOKYO, May 9 (UPI) -- Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party prepared Monday to introduce legislation aimed at fighting the use of hidden cameras to take pictures of women. Taking pictures or video ...