The whereabouts of some 20 Japanese nationals believed to have been present at a scam-operating center in eastern Myanmar are unknown, an ethnic armed group who conducted a search of the facility said ...

He left behind this statement in Japanese: “Japanese writers such as Yasunari Kawabata ... In addition to Kawabata, he mentioned such great writers as Kobo Abe, Takeo Arishima, Yaeko Nogami, Hakucho ...

Japanese animated film "Ordinary Life" (Futsu no Seikatsu) won the runner-up jury prize in the short film category on Saturday at the prestigious Berlin International Film Festival. Directed by Yoriko ...

Giving talks at six venues, including the Cheltenham Literature Festival and the University of Oxford, she felt firsthand the craze for Japanese literature. She saw members of the audience holding her ...

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died after taking two shots during an election rally in the western city of Nara Friday after which he was hospitalized in a serious condition ...

Abe was Japan’s longest-serving prime minister before he resigned in 2020 due to illness. He told reporters at the time that it was “gut wrenching” to leave many of his goals unfinished. He spoke of ...