NAGASAKI--Strict criteria over whether a person qualifies as a hibakusha survivor has meant that many people, through no ...

On April 7, 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Yamato — the largest battleship ever built, displacing nearly 72,000 ...

April 1945. The Pacific War had decisively turned in favour for the United States. During the waning days of that month, the ...

Explore Japan’s 1947 postwar constitution that established democracy, civil rights, and pacifism, marking a key ...

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And yet in that room the United States quietly handed an entire nation to colonial rule — and set in motion a chain of events ...

"The Japanese garden is great if: 1. You've never been to a Japanese garden before / never been to Japan 2. You like peaceful gardenscapes on a non busy weekend days 3. You can get free admission (SNA ...

Abstract: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Earth Observation Research Center (EORC) has produced a high-resolution land-use and land-cover classification map for Japan indicating the average ...

Thank you for following our live updates on the magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck off the north of Japan. Its epicentre was in the Pacific Ocean and was 10km deep, the Japan Meteorological Agency ...

Tokyo — A powerful earthquake struck off the northern Japanese coast Monday, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) to issue a tsunami alert for a wide section of coastline, though waves of ...

Residents of the affected region were urged to stay away from coastal areas, while tens of thousands of people were told to go to higher ground. Coverage on this live blog has ended. 'No abnormalities ...