Gil Won-ok, survivor of Japan’s wartime military sexual slavery, dies at 96 - Gil was a vocal critic of Japan’s refusal to ...

As Japantown residents and community leaders prepared to gather this weekend to mark the anniversary of the forced internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, living survivors ...

One, two, three... 88-yearold atomic bomb survivor Takeshi Yamakawa climbs the 76 steps from Nagasaki Hypocenter Park, taking ...

“It is unacceptable and unfair,” the woman said, noting that the Japanese survivor pension is exempt from inheritance tax. She has consulted with a lawyer and a tax accountant. But the agency ...

Gearoid Reidy is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering Japan and the Koreas. He previously led the breaking news team in North Asia, and was the Tokyo deputy bureau chief. A long-standing ...

Cambodian scientist Yeang Chheang has spent six decades fighting malaria — even in the Khmer Rouge labor camp where his wife and baby died — and stands tantalizingly close to fulfilling his ...

Among the biggest names in this niche, Japanese competitive eater Yuka Kinoshita has been a dominant force. For years, Yuka Kinoshita amazed millions with her mind-boggling eating challenges. A petite ...

A long-standing Valentine’s tradition of chocolate-giving in the Japanese workplace is on its last legs. And it’s not just because of the alarming increase in the price of cocoa. The custom of ...

Tokyo, Feb. 12 (Jiji Press)--Heavy snow has caused 12 casualties in Japan since Feb. 4, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Wednesday. By prefecture, three have been dead in Niigata ...

(CNN) — Nights out drinking can often end badly. But in Japan, they have a habit of going spectacularly wrong for government employees – who on at least two occasions in recent years have lost ...

A survivor of the Omagh bombing has told an inquiry how the power of the explosion left a crater in the middle of the street, with severely injured victims inside it. David McSwiggan told the ...