TOKYO -- An amendment to Japan's Penal Code to introduce the crime of damaging the national flag with the intent to insult the country is becoming a realistic possibility under Prime Minister Sanae ...

Critics have questioned the meaning of Hegseth's tattoos ever since U.S. President Donald Trump announced his nomination.

Chinese football fans have condemned club side Brighton & Hove Albion and the Premier League side’s Japanese winger Kaoru Mitoma after a social media post showed him smiling and holding an image of ...

Millions of Chinese were killed during the brutal fight against Imperial Japanese forces, whose record of massacre, rape and looting still strains relations between Beijing and Tokyo. Brighton & Hove ...

This photo taken by Princess Aiko and released on Dec. 1, 2025, shows "Mimi," a rescue cat who joined the Imperial Family in August 2025. (Courtesy of the Imperial Household Agency) TOKYO -- The ...

Japan’s red circle on white, called the Hinomaru, had long served as the country’s flag. It flew over schools, ships, and international gatherings, yet it was never officially recognized by law. That ...

What if Imperial Japan returned? Watch a scenario where Japan conquers Korea, China and Russia, but eventually clashes with the US. Labour’s London strongholds to escape council tax raid Ukraine: ...

As soon as then-U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced he would nominate Pete Hegseth, an Army veteran and Fox News host, as secretary of defense, rumors circulated online about Hegseth's tattoos ...

NAGASAKI, Japan (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family paid their respects Friday to the victims of the atomic bombing 80 years ago of the city of Nagasaki. Naruhito, his wife, Empress Masako, ...

Prince Hisahito attends the coming-of-age ceremony at the Imperial Palace. The Kakan-no-Gi rite marks the formal entry of imperial princes into adulthood and their new responsibilities at court. The ...

Japan’s Prince Hisahito is the first male royal to reach adulthood in 40 years. Many people in Japan worry he could be the last. The elaborate palace rituals to formally recognize Hisahito as an adult ...

The recent 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender at the end of World War II inspired multiple publications on how Japan remembers its wartime history. However, there has been less said about the ...