In October 1945, two months after the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and one ...

Tokyo is planning to construct the world’s largest fountain to attract more tourists to the city’s Odaiba Marine Park district, although residents are expressing scepticism about the plan ...

U.S. Army Air Forces Pvt. 1st Class Bernard J. Calvi, 23, died in a prisoner of war camp in the Philippines during World War ...

With concerns rising about the water quality in Tokyo Bay ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Tokyo metropolitan government is hoping a massive dump of sand into the sea will ...

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Tokyo officials were overjoyed after the Japanese capital was named the world’s best large city in a leading U.S. travel magazine. Conde Nast Traveler’s 2024 reader survey, which excluded U.S ...

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As most travelers know, Tokyo is huge. The city is urban sprawl at its most overwhelming, making finding the best places to eat, shop, see, let alone sleep, a downright chore. The city is broken ...

The successful Hawke's Bay taekwon-do exponents with their world cup medals in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, before flying home. From left, Jah Tapara, Gabriel Bartlett and Ben Evans. A Hawke’s Bay team ...

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Payne fell last month from his room's balcony on the third floor of his hotel in an upscale neighborhood of Argentina's ...

An old-school World War II drama, a quietly powerful Irish drama, a Christmas story and a fantasy anime arrive in movie theaters this week. Also in theaters this week is the brilliantly creepy ...