Every month, Japanese tourists join local residents to fling small balls containing bacteria and yeast into the Ala Wai canal that defines the northern edge of Waikīkī. These so-called “genki balls” ...

Uchiyama Seichi began re-evaluating his life in 2011. In March of that year, the Tohoku Earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan and triggered a tsunami that killed more than 20,000 people.

SEOUL, July 24 (Reuters) - Japanese citizens angry at South Korea's role in a diplomatic row over their wartime history that has spilled into trade have found some unlikely allies: South Korean ...

For at least a year, Japanese authorities have been vying for a bigger spot in the booming international art market. They have worked to make it easier for galleries to transact at art fairs and free ...

" a popular TV show in Asia. It culminates with a visit to a lonely corner of the cellar. A camera is left in this seemingly deserted section of the 19th-century building. A low, eerie, disembodied ...

2004-11-12 04:00:00 PDT Tokyo-- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger paused for the cameras before putting a bite of coriander-crusted tuna into his mouth, and the room lit up with the same kind of flashes that ...

TOKYO — Japan got a taste of North Korean marketing Wednesday when the isolated Communist state kicked off a publicity campaign designed to lure tourists to its two-month “Arirang” festival. In a rare ...