A shamisen performance by Seiki Keene, the adopted son of Japanologist Donald Keene, was held in Tokyo on Saturday. Seiki, 74 ...

BEIJING: A domesticated feline at a temple in China has been dubbed the "high-five cat" because of the manner in which it ...

Thousands of sick, exhausted and terrified young men and women, from countries all over the world squat in rows, packed ...

Japanese barber, 108, crowned world's oldest A 108-year-old Japanese woman has been certified the world's oldest barber, Guinness World Records said -- and she has pledged to keep working until at ...

The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Music and Opera category has gone in this 17th edition to Toshio ...

Keiro announced the recipients of its 2025 Grants Program cycle, awarding $300,000 in funds to support 39 nonprofit ...

On one side of the table sits a Scottish lobster fisherman and an English PE teacher and across from them, two young girls ...

Learn etiquette for Japanese funerals, including proper attire, behavior and how to offer condolences with condolence money ...

Tsubosakadera temple in Takatori, Nara Prefecture, is known as a place where people can come to pray for eye diseases to be ...

Thirteen sumo wrestlers from the Naruto stable, who will compete in the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka from March 9, ...