With the festivities surrounding Ganesh Chaturthi drawing to a close across India, the absence of Lord Ganesha’s divine ...

On the telephone poles in Maebashi’s dusty streets appeared placards advertising Warau Kamisama, the Laughing God. Said Handa: “I was fascinated. I have always felt that man is most human when ...

Japan will join a growing global push towards mandatory travel authorisations for foreign visitors, with the rollout of a digital visa-waiver program similar to the USA’s ESTA (Electronic System for ...

The Sakurajima Volcano erupted, spewing a towering plume of ash and smoke that soared 1,200 metres above the crater in Japan on Sunday, September 1. Officials have advised residents of Kagoshima ...

Jeroen Van Nieuwenhove captured the video on Aug. 28 after flying his drone above the crater of the volcano as it was spewing thick rivers of molten lava from beneath the Earth’s surface. He posted ...

Japanese skin care products marry tradition with constant innovation, focusing on ways to maintain the integrity of the skin with gentle formulas rather than target concerns with a barrage of actives.

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A tourist helicopter crashed into a forest after taking ...

The genes of modern Japanese people may have been hiding a long-lost line of ancestors, who once migrated to the top of the archipelago from the northeastern mainland of Asia. The discovery supports ...

GRINDAVIK, Iceland - A dramatic video recorded in Iceland shows lava from a volcano shooting high into the air as a dazzling display of the Northern Lights can be seen dancing in the sky. The ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Firefighters help clean up floodwater out of a house in Ogaki, central Japan, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024 ...

“The latest I would leave [the office] would be 11 p.m.,” said the 24-year-old, who used to work for some of Japan’s largest telecoms and e-payment companies. So intense were the demands ...