KYOTO -- To continue to hold an all-Japan wheelchair "ekiden" relay race, organizers here are turning to crowdfunding amid ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family waved from a balcony window to throngs of New Year’s well-wishers, some shouting, ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's beloved former Emperor Akihito marked his 91st birthday on Monday, as he continues to pursue his ...

Survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki said being recognised with a Nobel Peace Prize has given them ...

Michiko Nishiwaki’s career spans bodybuilding, martial arts, and action cinema. Born on November 21, 1957, in Japan, she has challenged norms and inspired ...

Empress Emerita Michiko marked her 90th birthday on Oct. 20 while continuing with daily rehabilitation training after breaking her leg. The upper part of her right femur snapped in a fall at the ...

Empress Emerita Michiko celebrated her 87th birthday on Oct. 20 with sadness at the impending departure of Princess Mako, who will leave the imperial family after her marriage on Oct. 26 ...

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From left, Jiro Hamasumi, Terumi Tanaka and Michiko Kodama, representatives of this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner Nihon Hidankyo, or the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers ...

Michiko Murata, who helps run the Tokyo Federation of A-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, which calls itself “Toyukai,” on Nov. 27 prays at the tomb for Japanese atomic bombing survivors in Hachioji city, ...

His 32 books include personal histories, political memoirs, a novel, poems, spiritual lessons, guides to aging, Middle East critiques, lectures and a children’s book. Some became best sellers, all are ...

His new book, “Aflame,” tells of his decades visiting a silent Benedictine retreat. “You learn to love the world only by looking at it closely,” he wrote. By Anderson Tepper Your ...