Bursting with colour, edged with mountainous cliffs and nestled between Japan and the Korean Peninsula sits a sacred, World Heritage-listed "forbidden" island. Okinoshima island is shrouded in taboos, ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Two Taiwanese passengers aboard an EVA Air flight were flagged at Kansai International Airport in Osaka for carrying prohibited items on Dec. 25. EVA Air Flight BR31 from New ...

The Saitama District Public Prosecutors Office has decided to have a 22-year-old man arrested on suspicion of killing two elderly women in October at the nursing home where he used to work, undergo a ...

Princess Aiko on Sunday attended a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of Chiba University's School of Nursing. "I hope that you will continue to thrive while supporting people ...

Over 20% of major cities in Japan prohibited voters from taking photographs at polling stations during the House of Councilors election in July, a Jiji Press survey has found. Of the 52 major cities ...

Police in Narita City, Chiba Prefecture, have arrested a 48-year-old certified care worker in connection with the death of a 90-year-old female resident at the Yurakuen nursing home. Police said ...

A small group of BYU nursing students traveled to Japan this summer with professor Ryan Rasmussen, graduate program coordinator Craig Nuttall and visiting faculty Hiromi Tobe to visit the Ishikawa ...

The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has unveiled its second Focus program for the 55th edition, turning the spotlight on Japan’s V-Cinema — the direct-to-video movement that exploded in ...

Kia is officially entering the forbidden land after unveiling its first vehicle in Japan. The PV5 will spearhead Kia’s “full-scale attack” on the Japanese market as it looks to take on Toyota, Honda, ...

Fort Worth’s sister city relationship with Nagaoka, Japan, took center stage in the past week as a delegation of nursing students wrapped up a weeklong educational exchange. Since last week, the ...

Market concentration is relatively high in Japan in property and casualty insurance. Three firms—Tokio Marine, MS&AD, and Sompo—together have 88% share, and only three others (AIG, the nonlife unit of ...