A constant fixture of National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek’s journey through rural Japan was the whirligig, or as he called them, “seismic scarecrows.” Gardeners he spoke to use these ...

Starting in 2021, a research team led by Musallam R. al-Rawahneh—an associate professor of archeology and ancient Near East ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family have visited Okinawa to pray for the war dead ahead of the 80th anniversary marking ...

Off the coast of Yonaguni Island in Japan, a submerged structure has puzzled divers, researchers, and archaeologists since ...

The new study’s findings are “not just a window into an old world, but into a different climate reality,” says Brian Buma, an ecologist at the Environmental Defense Fund who was not involved ...

In a world where old alliances are fraying, Estonia and Japan are forging a closer partnership rooted in shared concerns.

Beneath the cherry blossoms of Hiroshima, memories of devastation linger — but so does hope. This exclusive extract from Six Minutes to Winter, Mark Lynas’s urgent new book on the threat of nuclear ...

We tapped our network of well-traveled women for their places to solo travel, everywhere from Moroccan Mountains to European ...

The World Forum on Japanese Culture is set to kick off at the MOA Museum of Art in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, on May 31. The number of applications from people wishing to attend the inaugural day has ...

The parade concludes in Sullivan Square with a memorial service honoring area veterans who lost their lives in the Revolutionary War, Civil War, World Wars ... turns right onto Old Orchard Street ...

and Japan protects the rice market with hefty levies beyond the tariff-free "minimum access" quota agreed under World Trade Organization rules. Eto's departure threatens Ishiba's already-shaky ...