Japan's imperial couple commemorated compatriots who died in internment camps after the end of World War II during the first ...

On the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, the Japanese emperor visited Ulan Bator for the first time to pay ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has met Mongolia's President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh during a visit aimed at strengthening ties between ...

Long before the outbreak of World War 2, the Empire of Japan began an expansionist policy to stop the influence of Western ...

The Soviet Union’s Tupolev Tu-4 strategic bomber, which entered service in 1949, represented one of the most glaring episodes ...

This week’s Time Capsule looks at a prison escape, a Japanese POW, a lightning strike, a marijuana field and a train derailment.

Iga Manjyu is special steamed bun, called manjyu, covered or wrapped with sekihan, which is sticky rice cooked with red beans ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has started a weeklong visit to Mongolia that will honor Japanese World War II prisoners ...

TOKYO -- Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will begin an official state visit to Mongolia on Sunday, casting a spotlight on the widely forgotten detention of thousands of Japanese soldiers ...

The Emperor and Empress are scheduled to visit Mongolia from July 6 to 8 pay their respects to Japanese nationals who died in the country while being interned in a forced labor camp after the end of ...

Viral rumours of impending disaster stemming from a comic book prediction have taken the sheen off Japan's tourism boom, with ...

The first instalment of this four-part series looks at some of the early figures who paved the way for marathon runners in ...