Meiji-era prostitutes, whose names are etched in stone, find a voice in a new book by Georgina Challen and Yoshiko Nakano.

The DePauw community grieves the loss of its distinguished alumnus, trustee and loyal supporter Hirotsugu "Chuck" Iikubo ’57.

Numerous foreign students in Japan want to work here, but they face various challenges such as a lack of employment support, ...

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have carried out an unprecedentedly detailed survey of pumice rafts in the ...

But some believe it has also marked a turning point in how cases of sexual assault are perceived in Japan - where ...

A team of researchers in Japan says it has developed a robot hand that moves using cultivated human muscle tissues and is the ...

In our continuing series on current and future leaders of HPC-AI, Lawrence Livermore National Lab's Todd Gamblin has a ...

U.S. troops and other commuters in Japan will soon be able to purchase unregistered Suica and Pasmo smart cards again, ...

Yoshiko Abe is about to turn 89, but that hasn't stopped her from going to the gym every day and trying the free-of-charge ...

U.S. tourists visiting Japan would have paid a small fortune – close to $500 – for a 50,000 yen omakase meal at a high-end ...

TOKYO--University professor Junko Koeda is set to become the newest member of the Bank of Japan's policy board, a move that could further the central bank's push toward policy normalization.

Wildfires have plagued Japan for generations. Tragedies have fueled the nation to learn more, and stop tragedies elsewhere.