"Fists and Prayers," directed by Kasai and released in October 2024 in Japan, also explores how the 88-year-old Hakamada created a spiritual world to comfort himself from the prospect of being ...

Japan's Divorce Temple is a sanctuary for those ... with the Buddhist belief in impermanence and the transient nature of human connections. Couples or individuals who visit the temple often ...

This combustion lies outside the old boundaries: It can burn anytime ... It’s been enough of a stretch to fully include human fire practices within traditional ecology. Yet humans – the keystone ...

Among Japan's challenges as a super-aging society ... "I believe that dementia should be approached from the perspective of human rights rather than the matter of providing care," Wada observes.

OSAKA--A human washing machine, one of the most talked about exhibits at the 1970 Japan World Exposition held in Osaka Prefecture, looks set to make a triumphant return with cutting-age technology ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia--The European Union and United Nations abruptly rescheduled the launch of an anti-human trafficking program this week after being confronted with questions on the choice of ...

Japanese Americans held in prison camps were allowed to return home. But much of what they'd left behind was gone: homes, ...

Armed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive fallout — and regain control of ...

In many respects, the sex scandal that has gripped Japan in recent weeks feels familiar. The hallmarks are all there: the resignations of senior leaders, the accusations of cover-ups, the news ...

A tiny head carved from mammoth ivory looks back at us from the Stone Age. This sculpture, discovered at the archaeological ...

Eighty years ago, the Japanese and Japanese Americans — men ... Ike Schab, a 104-year-old Pearl Harbor attack survivor, spent weeks in physical therapy to be able to stand and salute at a ...

President Trump says the the 30,000-person facility for undocumented migrants will house "the worst criminal illegal aliens".