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After working as a key animator on films like Prince of the Sun , Puss 'n Boots and Animal Treasure Island and directing select episodes for Lupin III at the beginning of the seventies, a then 30 year-old Hayao Miyazaki was given the opportunity to create something unique all of his own.

Marriott Resorts' next big Hawai'i promotional bus tour to Japan in the fall is getting a big boost from retired sumo wrestler Konishiki.

Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko left on Friday for a 15-day goodwill tour of Canada and Hawaii, with the ageing monarch revealing his personal attachment to both destinations.

VIENNA: Veteran Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano won the contest on Thursday to head the International Atomic Energy Agency, giving him a pivotal role in dealing with Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Despite some "severely cold weather," Crown Prince Akihito of Japan seemed to enjoy his first trip to Canada as a young man of 19 more than a half-century ago.

"Please do not believe all the talk about the green shoots of the Japanese economy, which I suspect you might have heard.

John Malloy, Cindy Brown, Connie Malloy holding daughter Hannah Malloy, Reece Amos and Milly Morris-Amos with the Courier in Milwaukee, Wis.

New York Hollywood heart-throb Leonardo DiCaprio snubbed a group of Japanese fans during a recent trip to Japan and they extracted revenge on the star by stealing his shoes.

Leonardo DiCaprio was left barefoot in Japan recently. The Titanic star was visiting a temple in Japan when he was asked to pose for a few photos with some tourists from the US.

More than any other country in the world, Japan is a case study in the triumphs of human engineering.

When Eugene Reyes turns on his computer and reads news headlines, he's reminded about his fear of a nuclear-armed North Korea within striking distance of his family.

Japan is now safe from the threat of the outbreak of the H1N1 influenza epidemic, tourism minister Kazuyoshi Kaneko said Friday.

On the last day of February members of The University of Southampton's Shorinji Kempo club flew half way around the world for what is becoming an annual trip to the world headquarters of our martial art, Japan.

PEACE OFFERINGS. From left to right, Angela Chan, Keifer Sumers and Zea Gutierrez, students at Holy Rosary Catholic School, display origami cranes they made for the delegation.

Audio Slave mix tape kicks off the 3 Snapshots project. Sometimes corporations, especially in technology and communications, launch campaigns that are so multifaceted and artistic that I suspect not even they know precisely what is going on.

"What you know about Japan food, huh? You think you know anything about Japan food? Only in Japan! You can not taste it here in Europe." With these words from my permanently crotchety Japanese friend Toshi ringing in my ears, I set off with my family on an epic journey spanning the length of Japan to discover the wonders of Japanese cuisine.

A Minnesota family has reached a settlement, pending court approval, in a wrongful-death lawsuit they filed after their 16-year-old son died in Japan two summers ago.

Asia's largest airline operator and Japan's flag carrier, Japan Airlines , has said it will reduce the frequency of its services in the Asia region from 1 July 2009.

Japan's prime minister, Taro Aso, faced fresh demands that he apologise to former prisoners of war after he cancelled a meeting with the son of a Royal Navy stoker used as a slave labourer in his family's coal mines.

A husband-and-wife team of biologists from Princeton University have won a major scientific award honoring their decades of research in the Galapagos Islands.