South Korean President Lee Jae-myung is facing an early test of his pledge to pursue pragmatic ties with Japan after a court in Seoul ruled in favour of a former forced labourer’s suit against ...

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Yomiuri Shimbun file photo The Diet Building in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo The Yomiuri Shimbun 13:46 JST, June 7, 2025 TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Diet leaders on Friday confirmed that discussions on proposed ...

A trip to Kagawa Prefecture’s Kotohira Shrine, colloquially known as “Konpira-san,” is not for the easily winded. Still, each year thousands of pilgrims make the climb halfway up the 538 ...

Japan's royal family wrapped up a two day visit to Okinawa Thursday, where they paid respects to the victims of a World War II-era Japanese evacuation ship that was torpedoed by a U.S. submarine.

Japan's Emperor and Empress and their daughter have paid their respects to the victims of a ship that sank in a US attack while evacuating hundreds of children from Okinawa during World War Two.

Naha – Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, on Thursday wrapped up their two-day visit to Okinawa Prefecture to mourn those killed in the Battle of Okinawa 80 ...

Long-simmering tensions with the U.S. over expansion in Asia came to a head on December 7, 1941. The U.S.S. Shaw explodes during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. More than ...

Japan's Emperor and Empress, along with their daughter, have offered condolences to the souls of people who died in the southwestern prefecture of Okinawa during World War Two.

NAHA (Kyodo) -- Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako paid their respects to the war dead in Okinawa on Wednesday ahead of the 80th anniversary ...