There’s an English proverb that goes, “April showers bring May flowers.” In Japan, however, the month of 5月 ( gogatsu, May) ...

A few grammatical structures can help you talk about being sick, but set phrases will come in handy when the illness is more ...

Pope Francis shunned much of the pomp and privilege of the papacy and sought to make the Roman Catholic Church more inclusive ...

Japan is preparing to make available 24 new correctional courses at prisons and other facilities ahead of the June 1 reform ...

Companies on the MSCI Europe index are averaging earnings growth of 3.8% so far, outpacing preseason estimates of a 1.4% ...

The Imperial Household Agency was given the Silver Creator Award for reaching 100,000 subscribers on its official YouTube ...

The former emperor has been diagnosed with a high probability of myocardial ischemia, which occurs when blood flow to the ...

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Japan held roughly $1.13 trillion in Treasury Securities at the end of February — making it the biggest overseas holder of ...

The seventh-seeded Warriors advanced to play the sixth-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves, with Game 1 set for Tuesday in ...

Ballots from nearly 99.6% of voting stations showed Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan, 55, was in second place at around 21%.

Relatives of Japanese people kidnapped by North Korea decades ago urged the reclusive country Sunday to release the abduction ...