Nearly eight decades after Japan’s defeat in World War Two, Tokyo’s Yasukuni shrine remains a potent symbol of its wartime legacy in East Asia and a flashpoint for regional tension. Here is ...

Ohtani-mania ebbs and flows in Japan, though blue Dodgers caps have replaced Yankees caps as the country’s go-to sports fashion item. Japan has other big names on the world sports stage ...

The symbol marks the transition from the everyday world to sacred ground in Japanese culture. Perez, however, seemed oblivious to its significance, using it to swing her legs to the beat of DJ ...

In Malaysia's digital sphere, a single photo of a car bearing the Rising Sun emblem has sparked an intense national ...

The hieroglyph "kin" ("gold") has been chosen as the symbol for the outgoing year 2024 in Japan, according to Azernews reports. Solemn ceremony marking the occasion was held at the Buddhist ...

For over seventy years, Japan’s constitution has remained untouched, a symbol of a reformed nation and a democratic society. Introduced under U.S.-led occupation in the wake of World War II ...

when envoys brought seeds over from China to use in medicine. Since then they have been embraced by people across Japan as a symbol of the hot summer months.