In the final hours before Emperor Hirohito’s surrender announcement was to be broadcast, rebel officers launched a desperate ...

The MIT Alumni Travel Program blends exploration and education.

The remarkable catalog of dates is one of the longest-running records of climate change. Its creator died, setting off a ...

Japan's imminent easing of arms export rules has sparked strong interest from Warsaw to Manila.

Editorial: A 1,200-year dataset shows the ‘peak bloom’ is arriving earlier. Global heating is unsettling nature’s rhythms – and their cultural meaning ...

Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara have announced their retirement from figure skating, two months after winning the Olympic gold ...

Unit 731 was one of the darkest secrets of Imperial Japan. Under the cover of scientific research, prisoners in occupied ...

A Journey through History and Time If I could time travel, I probably wouldn’t choose Japan during the late 15th- to early ...

This card allowed me to fully experience Japan’s world-class public transportation system, from trains and subways to buses ...

It was 1966, and The Beatles were about to land into the middle of a Typhoon, almost literally. They flew into Tokyo and ...

Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest freestanding broadcast tower, is inviting first-time visitors to begin their exploration ...