Roman Catholic German Emperor Maximilian I is captured in Belgium. 1597: A group of early Japanese Christians, known as ...

Last week General Douglas MacArthur suddenly discovered that ... the 16-petaled chrysanthemum forbidden to any but the Emperor of Japan. On his feet are a farmer’s wooden geta.

He was also famous for the quote, “I shall return.” This is Douglas MacArthur. The youngest of three sons, MacArthur was born at Little Rock, Arkansas, on Jan. 26, 1880. His parents were “then Captain ...

Teruko Nakazawa once intervened in a knife fight between an ex-offender and their mother -- all in a day's unpaid work for Japan's army of volunteer probation officers. The 83-year-old, who jokes she ...

Ichiro Suzuki is the Japanese Zen master who was so dedicated to baseball that he carried his bats in a moisture-proof case and apologised to their creator when he broke one. His speed and technique ...

Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Oscar-winning Japanese composer famed for his scores for "The Last Emperor", "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence" and other epic films, has died aged 71. Sakamoto was also known ...

RIYADH, 5th November, 2015 (WAM) -- Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, GCC Secretary-General, has met with Masaharu Kohno, Special Representative of the Government of Japan. During the meeting, the ...

The Yomiuri Shimbun The Emperor and Empress are seen holding flowers during a memorial service in Kobe ... Indonesia Launches Free School Meal Program with Support from Japan; Ishiba Currying Favor ...

Games Workshop has unveiled the new range of Warhammer 40,000 models for the refreshed Emperor’s Children army, as part of its Las Vegas Open preview stream on Thursday. These latest reveals include ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Thursday ...

was the first quake in Japan to register an intensity of 7 on the Japanese seismic scale, resulting in 6,434 deaths and approximately 250,000 houses partially or completely destroyed. After arriving ...

Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones' two kids, Dylan, 24, and Carys, 21, are leaning into their adventurous side for 2025, and kicked things off for the year in just that way. To head into ...