She has been a UNICEF ambassador, a special envoy for Japan’s Foreign Ministry and the subject of themed restaurants, cafes, ...

Now the silver-maned former Japanese national team player is a member of the brand-new over-80 division of Tokyo’s “Soccer For Life” (SFL) league, which played its first match this month.

pouts the promotional image. Don’t worry, though, because it’s not filled with explosives. Instead, the landmine-type Pizza gets its name from the Japanese fashion world…which may or may not be making ...

A woman in her 80s has been pulled from the rubble of her collapsed house in Japan, 72 hours after the New Year's Day earthquake. Public broadcaster NHK showed video of the woman being lifted out ...

Ruling and opposition party lawmakers agreed on Monday to hold a planned debate of party leaders in parliament for 80 minutes ... Democratic Party of Japan. The leaders debate will be the last ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan posted a record current account surplus of 3.80 trillion yen ($25.7 billion) in August, buoyed by the highest-ever returns on foreign investments amid a weak yen ...

An unexploded U.S. bomb from World War II that had been buried at a Japanese airport exploded Wednesday, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the cancellation of more than 80 flights but no ...

"In Gaza, children in blood are being held. It's like in Japan 80 years ago," Toshiyuki Mimaki told a news conference in Tokyo. tmo-nf-stu/lb ...

"In Gaza, children in blood are being held. It's like in Japan 80 years ago," Toshiyuki Mimaki told a news conference in Tokyo. Israel's war on Gaza has killed at least 42,065 Palestinians ...

(President: Hironori Ando) is pleased to announce a collaborative work designed and produced by Kunihiko Morinaga, the founder and designer of the Japanese fashion brand “ANREALAGE,” using ...

Japan recognized about 650,000 survivors in the wake of the war, but as the decades pass, the number still living has dwindled, and many of those who remain are now in their 80s. About 114,000 are ...

The head of the group has compared Gaza today to Japan 80 years ago when the U.S. bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We feature a Democracy Now! interview with Setsuko Thurlow, a survivor of the U.S ...