Singled out by Time magazine as the "single exhibition not to be missed in New York City" last November, "Spectacular Helmets of Japan" is installed at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco through Jan. 26.
Culminating a 44-year battle by a Japanese-American who refused to be interned during World War II
Nobuhiko Ushiba, a former Japanese ambassador to the United States, died of a liver ailment at a Tokyo hospital Monday.
"Ojiisama came to my father to request permission to marry me.
Two strong earthquakes, both with undersea epicenters, rocked the ends of the Japanese archipelago Friday, the Central Meteorological Agency said.
Former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, the so-called kingmaker of Japanese politics and the principal
Yutaka Enatsu, the 37-year-old left-hander from Japan, has been released by the Milwaukee Brewers.
Japan's Tatsuko Osako came from behind with her third consecutive 70 Sunday and won the Dunlop Ladies Golf Tournament, beating Taiwan's Chen Li-ying on the final hole.
Fashion retailing is a risky business and a number of corporate lives depend on it.
Japanese fishermen have sued the U.S. government, seeking to lift regulations that they say prohibit night tuna fishing in American coastal waters.
Gardena's Kyoto Sukiyaki is a nightclub and restaurant, but it's also a one-evening mini-course in modern Japanese culture.
About 500 anti-nuclear activists in dozens of small boats protested the arrival today of the U.S. battleship New Jersey at this port, contending that the warship is carrying nuclear weapons.
Japan's mining companies have been so badly hurt by the strengthening of the yen that they are thinking of sending robot miners underground to cut costs.
After Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone was quoted as making demeaning remarks about
Leaders of the controversy-plagued Church Universal and Triumphant have sold the sect's Calabasas headquarters and announced plans to move to an isolated Montana ranch by the end of the year.
Mayor Ichikawa of Hanno, Japan will dedicate a Kasuga lantern which his city has presented to the City of Brea at 10 a.m.
"Japanese Art Today" is one of those well-intentioned exhibitions that range widely, as the cliche says, from the sublime to the ridiculous.
it is starting to teach Japanese language and business methods to foreigners.
A Japanese golf management company announced its purchase of Turnberry Golf Course in Scotland, one of eight courses used for the British Open.
Nippon Ham Fighters to a 16-2 Japanese League victory over the Kintetsu Buffaloes.