Forest bathing may help reduce stress naturally, according to a Mass General Brigham doctor. Here’s what it is and why it ...

Japan’s Shin’yō motorboats were fast wooden suicide craft built to slam directly into Allied ships with massive explosive ...

During the Pacific War, many Japanese soldiers were shaped by the influence of the Bushido code, a military culture built around loyalty, honor, and the belief that surrender was worse than death.

For centuries, landmarks were built with the expectation of endurance. Monuments, temples, structures, and entire towns were ...

A once-mythical Tennessean has now been confirmed to have written many of early country’s biggest hits and evergreens, songs ...

Those who come to give blood through May 31 will receive an oversized Red Cross beach towel, while supplies last.

Mori Nishimura became fascinated with the Japanese countryside when he drove out to go surfing.

In the Yanbaru forest in the north of Okinawa's main island, a pair of Okinawa woodpeckers, a species designated as a special natural monument of Japan, are flying around. The birds are members of the ...

The bodies of two men and a woman were found in a car parked in a vacant lot in Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture, on Wednesday. Police said used charcoal briquettes were also found, leading them to ...

Fantasia has announced a stacked second wave for its 30th edition, including Jane Schoenbrun’s 'Teenage Sex and Death at Camp ...

An apparent suicide note written in 2019 by the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was released Wednesday. A U.S. district judge ordered the release of the document at the request of The New ...

NPR is dedicating a week to stories and conversations about how communities are moving forward on climate solutions despite significant political headwinds. As the federal government halts plans to ...