The man who killed Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe has been sentenced to life in prison, three and a half years ...

Relationships can feel like both a blessing and the bane of your existence, a source of joy and a source of frustration or resentment. At some point, each of us is faced with a clingy child, a ...

The former Spice Girl receives an award from the French culture ministry for her contribution to fashion and entertainment.

As Japan welcomes a growing number of Muslim visitors, a quieter but increasingly visible question is unfolding across airports, shopping malls and sightseeing hubs: Where can these travelers pray?

The gunman charged with killing former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday, more than three years after the broad-daylight assassination shocked the world. The ...

Rina Gonoi, who was sexually assaulted while serving in Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, said she aims to make other victims' lives "secure" as her years-long legal battle after the rare move of ...

Netflix has unveiled details of its 2026 Japan slate, highlighting an expanded production footprint with Toho Studios and a ...

Many residents would say that Japan is, by a lot of objective metrics and subjective judgments, a pretty great place to live. One unpleasant annoyance of life in Japan, though, is the practice of ...

At a time when productivity means optimizing every second and screens blur the line between work and home, some people are slowing down and disconnecting by looking to communication devices from the ...

Atop a small mountain on the Higashi Matsuura Peninsula northwest of Karatsu City, the ruins of a castle built more than four centuries ago look out over the Genkai Sea toward Korea. Image: Vicki L ...

Oceans shape everyday life in powerful ways. They cover 70% of the planet, carry 90% of global trade, and support millions of jobs and the diets of billions of people. As global competition ...

Elizabeth Hurley accused the publisher of the Daily Mail on Thursday of tapping her phones, putting microphones outside her windows and stealing her medical records among “other monstrous, staggering ...