Japan’s Emperor Naruhito is visiting Iwo Jima to pay tribute to those who died on the island where one of World War II's ...

The “motherhood,” as they call themselves — since Duke is the self-proclaimed “brotherhood” — is talking about getting matching tattoos if their Blue Devils win the NCAA Tournament title.

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Despite its global fame as a dream tourist destination, Japan still maintains strict rules regarding tattoos O post Tourism ...

One person's doorstop is another’s life-altering treasure... A 3.5kg reddish chunk of ‘rock’ was found in a stream bed in southeast Romania by an elderly woman. She brought it home and ...

A woman serving life in prison for murdering her ex-boyfriend and dismembering his body with a bread knife was tackled in court Friday after she tried to attack her own defense attorney.

The Nintendo Switch 2 Direct revealed a lot of new information about the system yesterday, and one of the tidbits you may have noticed is that Japan is getting a Japanese-language only version of ...

Japan is on pretty much everyone's bucket list. It's got great food, attractions, and of course, the ever-spectacular cherry blossom. But, one thing you probably didn't know about Japan is that ...

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The Japanese language has three types of characters: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. Hiragana and Katakana are phonetic symbols, each representing one syllable while Kanji is ideogram, each stand ...

“Thank You Very Much,” directed by Alex Braverman, uses archival footage and interviews to explore the appeal of a stand-up who didn’t tell jokes. By Alissa Wilkinson With her kind eyes and ...

Max Verstappen won the Japanese Grand Prix for the fourth consecutive time, as McLaren's Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri round off the podium. Catch up on what happened during the race.