From comfort watches like Forrest Gump to existential comedy-dramas like The Truman Show, these movies are perfect to watch ...

My weekly language classes have taught me humility more than anything else. Ayaka Ono, my current Japanese teacher, estimates ...

Vietnam will pilot Chinese, Japanese and Korean lessons for preschoolers under a new national plan to strengthen ...

Two weeks after she asserted that a military threat to Taiwan would spur military intervention by Japan, commentators continue to ask themselves what on earth Sanae Takaichi, the country’s new leader, ...

THE Japanese occupation lasted from 1942 to 1945 — a stark reminder of what happens when our country falls under a foreign power. When the Japanese imperial forces entered Manila in January 1942 and ...

WHEN JAPAN and China feuded over a set of disputed islands in 2010, China deployed a novel weapon. It imposed an unofficial ban on exports of rare earths, minerals used in everything from cars to ...

The Chinese Communist Party is putting the squeeze on Japan to punish its new Prime Minister for telling the truth. Asked in Parliament on Nov. 7, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi explained that an ...

Review & Outlook: Likening the global threat level to that of 1939, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unveils reforms to the Pentagon acquisition process that will ‘rebuild the defense industrial ...

As Europe races to bullet-proof its supply of the obscure minerals that keep its economy running and its jets in the air, it’s turning to an unlikely coach: resource-poor, crisis-hardened Japan.

This April 25, 2020 photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter shows Tokyo Skytree, left, with Mount Fuji in the background. (Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The number of Japanese language learners in ...

Japanese proverbs, or kotowaza, are short, poetic reflections shaped by centuries of culture, philosophy, and everyday wisdom. These sayings offer powerful insights into human nature, perseverance, ...