Despite being a slightly anonymous armament, mines are deadly and effective weapons. During World War II, millions of mines ...

When I was a kid, I was fascinated by a traditional katana my grandfather had brought home from Japan in 1945. Years later, I ...

the remains of 136 people from the Korean Peninsula and 47 Japanese nationals still lie in the flooded Chosei coal mine in Ube. On Feb. 3, 1942, during World War II, the flooding accident occurred ...

The scenes evoked the court of a medieval king. Among the visitors in mid-December was Masayoshi Son, the Japanese founder and CEO of media technology conglomerate SoftBank. Son is probably the ...

An aquarium in Japan is using cardboard cutouts of visitors to cheer up its lonely resident sunfish, who stopped eating after the building closed to real-life visitors. Kaikyokan Aquarium in ...

Hidden beneath the waves near Japan’s Minami-Tori-shima island lies a treasure trove of rare earth minerals valued at $26 billion. This discovery, poised to revolutionize global supply chains for ...

When going through inventory, workers discovered a Japanese hand grenade from World War II. Jason French, longtime curator, has spent years serving as a guardian of history. He said moments like these ...

The Russian government has announced it is ending the memorandums it signed with Japan on the operation of Japan Centers. The Japanese Embassy in Moscow has responded that the move is unacceptable.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Roki Sasaki, of Japan, pitches during their Pool B game against the Czech Republic at the World Baseball ...

Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki is signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers, he announced Friday on Instagram. Sasaki, 23, was considered to be the best pitcher in the world not already under the ...

The greatest team in baseball is adding an extremely talented, cost-effective and potentially dominant piece to a star-studded pitching rotation. And with that agreement, not only did the rich get ...