The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake which occurred on January 17, 1995, was the first quake in Japan to register an intensity of 7 on the Japanese seismic scale, resulting in 6,434 deaths and ...

Creating a roundup of the 25 best-selling books of all time is harder than it sounds. Books—especially those published hundreds of years ago—were published in different editions and translated ...

His work once even made it onto a list of “Must-Read WN [White Nationalist] Books” – a wild ... in a beautiful death. Japan had been a land of living gods until Hirohito stepped down from the heavens ...

The shocking photos show the prisoners of war reduced to skin and bone after being starved and brutally beaten by their captors until they were freed following the fall of Japan in 1945.

The Emperor reveals his identity to you shortly after he’s attacked inside the artifact. You’ll have to protect him and his prisoner. How you react to the reveal of his identity may vary ...

International tourism to Japan has exploded in recent years, and while the official figure for 2024 is yet to be released it is now certain to be a new record in excess of the 31.9 million who ...

The writer spent his life cultivating beauty—on the page and in the mirror—only to end it with a samurai-style suicide. Both acts spoke to a long-standing obsession.

"I am concerned about the many people who are still living a life full of hardships," he said, noting the massive earthquake in the Noto Peninsula region of central Japan on New Year's Day in 2024 as ...

From left: The Emperor, Empress and their daughter Princess Aiko wave to well-wishers on Thursday ... Indonesia Launches Free School Meal Program with Support from Japan; Ishiba Currying Favor with ...

2 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Emperor Naruhito expressed his wish on Thursday for a peaceful year for people affected by disasters, including a powerful earthquake that struck central Japan's Noto ...