On the morning of April 7, 1945, the Japanese battleship Yamato, behemoth of naval engineering and pride of the Imperial Japanese Navy, sortied on what was essentially a suicidal mission. Operation ...

Famed Japanese publicists Teisuka Akiyama and Seijiro Kawashima detonated into lurid phrase again last week, called upon Japan to declare war on the U. S., rehashed with venom the celebrated “Hanihara ...

Japan is making headlines with a craze for stray felines on a tiny isle known as Cat Heaven Island, 20 minutes by ferry from a port near the city of southern city of Fukuoka. Ainoshima, an island in ...

For six days Cubs catcher Jeff Reed got a glimpse of Japanese culture. In an ideal world he would like to take a longer look. Reed said he has more than a casual interest in playing professional ...

Emperor Hirohito, Son of Heaven, last week took his first airplane ride. Dressed in light blue with a red polka-dot tie, he sat diffidently through the flight in a curtained-off compartment opposite ...

SBS TV’s special drama "Trees in Heaven" will air across Japan starting from April. SBS said on Mar. 7, "Fuji TV, a terrestrial network in Japan, will air the drama ‘Trees in Heaven’ during late-night ...