TOKYO (AP) — Sanae Takaichi made history by becoming Japan’s first female prime minister in October. She must now decide ...

The country’s top leaders often present trophies to champions of the national sport. But like other women, Prime Minister ...

The winner of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament that ends Sunday will be presented with the Prime Minister's Cup. Some of her ...

It is often said that religion knows no nationality. This week in Japan, a Belgian man in his 50s made headlines by attaining enlightenment and ...

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi faces a historic decision at the Fukuoka sumo tournament. She may present the winner's ...

Sanae Takaichi made history by becoming Japan’s first female prime minister in October. She must now decide whether she’ll ...

Shinto is the native religious tradition of Japan. I think it's easy to see visual signs of it throughout Japan, from the ...

Families in the U.S. and around the world are having fewer children as people make profoundly different decisions about their lives. NPR's series Population Shift: How Smaller Families Are Changing ...

A historian’s hunch about what might lie hidden within the walls of a Japanese church in Salt Lake City led congregants to uncover a century-old snapshot of a once vibrant Japantown now fighting for ...

More than a century ago, Japanese immigrants left their homes a world away and crossed the ocean only to arrive as strangers in a strange land — Salt Lake City. They built Japantown, bounded at the ...