Japan’s beloved former Emperor Akihito is marking his 92nd birthday as his heart condition stabilizes, palace officials say, following health concerns earlier this year.

Israel’s Cabinet has approved a proposal for 19 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, the far-right finance ...

Christmas is for the Japanese, rather miserably, a regular working day. This might easily not have been the case.

EADaily, December 5th, 2025. This week it became known about the death of 75-year-old actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, a Russian moviegoer known for the role of Shang Tsung in the action movie Mortal ...

A child with other people walks around a cage to look at bugs at an exhibition devoted to insects in Tokyo, Japan, July 31, 2025. (Credit: Yuri Kageyama/AP.) Listen Shortly after Pope Leo XIV lamented ...

Takashi Nagai was a medical doctor and atomic bomb survivor. But it was his radical conversion to Christ that started a new chapter in the life of a man who – thanks to his faith and medical genius – ...

Among European countries with Catholic roots, France wears its religion lightly. A secular state by law since 1905, the country bans conspicuous religious symbols in state schools, town halls and ...

Twang! Twang! Twang! An unearthly noise resounded through the Japanese Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Two aged courtiers twanged a bowstring by bending a bow almost double and letting it go suddenly— they ...

For the first time, a sculptor and native of Japan will be awarded the Ratzinger Prize. His name is Etsurō Sotoo, born in 1953 in Fukuoka, Japan, and a graduate of Kyoto University. A 1978 visit to ...

The early Church Fathers consistently affirmed the Catholic (and scriptural) belief about baptism, viewing it as a sacrament for the remission of sins and the regeneration of the soul. I aim to offer ...

Foreign employees have become much more visible in Japan. But policies designed only for short-term stays may hurt the country in the global competition for labor. By Motoko Rich and Kiuko Notoya The ...

Japan officially maintains a policy of strategic ambiguity toward the issue of Taiwan’s sovereignty. Taiwan’s security, however, is an unambiguous and essential interest in Tokyo. Should Beijing ...