Constitutional reform is something Japan’s ruling party has long debated, but never been able to accomplish. Now, the country ...

In the final hours before Emperor Hirohito’s surrender announcement was to be broadcast, rebel officers launched a desperate coup inside Tokyo to keep Japan fighting. They seized control of the ...

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A Washington state woman, who at times smiled in court, has been sentenced to nearly three decades in prison in the killing of her father, a case prosecutors say was marked by weeks of planning.

When it comes to large language model-powered tools, there are generally two broad categories of users. On one side are those who treat AI as a powerful but sometimes faulty service that needs careful ...

The English-language film, starring Rodney Hicks as an African American war veteran alongside Oscar winner Geoffrey Rush, is based on a true story and was shot across four countries. By Patrick ...

Shinya’s Tsukamoto’s “Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?” is headed to Japanese cinemas. The film rounds out the Japanese director’s informal trilogy of 20th-century war films, coming after “Fires on ...

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, left, and Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, right, shake hands at the end of the joint press statement at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ...

Japan is one of those destinations that seems to go viral again and again. Scroll through travel videos or social media posts, and you'll see endless lists of things to do or things to avoid when ...

The United States Men’s National Team will continue its preparation for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with manager Mauricio Pochettino evaluating options ahead of naming the final 26-man roster later this ...

COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — A mirror room dappled with colored dots. Contorted, bright sculptures of flowers on a rooftop at the foot of Cologne’s famed cathedral. A vast showroom with giant octopus-like ...

Before the captivity narrative about a Mexican woman abducted by the Apache in the mid-1800s; before the storyline about Geronimo's surrender; before the torrent of details about the life and peoples ...