An authoritarian regime is a type of government system where power is restricted in the hands of a single leader or a group, ...

Here is a link to sign the statement. The statement in Japanese is here.  In responding to calls by Palestinians and condemning Israel’s settler ...

Missing for decades from the Anglophile version of its origin story was another great visual narrative tradition, of the East ...

Two disasters in 1995 captured the spirit of the country’s lost decades ...

Immerse yourself in the city’s design vibes from the get-go by choosing a hotel tailored to your aesthetic. The Fairmont ...

South Korea on Tuesday voiced "deep regret" after Japan approved high school textbooks distorting historical facts on its ...

Does history repeat itself? Or does it rhyme? WBUR literature writer Katherine Ouellette recommends eight books that remind ...

All are beloved fictional baseball characters found through the decades within Japanese comic books, the artform now known ...

Japan’s three historic nuclear events — the atomic bombings ... Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda’s English translation of the book by the Kawabata and Tanizaki awards-winning writer is now out from Farrar, Straus ...

that it’s due to the fact that Japan hasn’t really reflected on its colonial past.” The filmmaker elaborated on post-WWII policies: “After Japan lost the war in World War Two, there came ...

Facing just two rivals March 14 in a field decimated by eight scratches in the $100,000 Boston Handicap at Colonial Downs, grade 1 winner Book'em Danno emerged triumphant in his 2025 comeback, scoring ...