Do you know how to do anything other than make babies?” He was angered by it, and I was, according to my mother, so small at ...

People around the world are mourning the passing of Pope Francis, who died on Monday at the age of 88. His body is currently ...

This underrated city was once the capital of Japan in the Middle Ages and is now a beautiful, tourist-friendly hub with ...

I’m a believer. Not in a higher power, but in the power of sacred spaces to move, challenge, educate and uplift me.

Why am I exultant to find myself in the silence of this Catholic monastery?” he writes in his recent book, Learning from ...

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, visited Japan on April 8-9. This is the former Dutch prime minister’s first visit to Japan as NATO secretary general. On the first day, he met with Japan’s ...

In Japan, finding a true hidden gem seems harder than ever. In recent years, the cities of Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka have become staples for most international tourists who visit. But the adventurous ...

Advertisement Article continues below this ad The daily rhythm hasn’t changed much since he joined the monastery straight out of high school in the summer of 1971. Father Spyridon, another monk ...

While Japan is not a member of NATO, both Tokyo and the alliance leaders seem eager to work together as NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte visits the Asian country ...

FRANKFURT, Germany/TOKYO -- The European Union is considering a virtual ban on carbon fiber in motor vehicles that could take a toll on the material's Japanese manufacturers, which have more than ...

Japan appears set to get priority in US tariff talks, putting Tokyo at the head of a long queue of countries seeking to roll back US President Donald Trump’s duties, which are scheduled to kick ...

Hatsushima is not a particularly busy station, relative to Japanese rail commuting as a whole. It serves a town (Arida) of about 25,000, known for mandarin oranges and scabbardfish, that is ...