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Our world's oldest woman Misao Okawa celebrated her 116th birthday Wednesday at a nursing home in Osaka, western Japan.

Japanese lecturers Yoshiaki Yoshimi , professor at Chuo University, Hiroshi Hayashi , professor at Kanto Gakuin University, and Rumiko Nishino , co-representative of the Violence Against Women in War Research Action Center, attend a gathering of academics and human rights activists in Tokyo on March 7, 2014.

Periodic reports of highly-contaminated water leaks from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan continue to feed anti-nuclear campaigners.

U.S. President Barack Obama spoke to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe about the situation in Ukraine and agreed that Russia's intervention there threatened world peace, the White House said on Thursday.

In an exclusive two-hour interview with The Associated Press, Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto, 64, said he had never heard of Bitcoin until his son told him he had been contacted by a Newsweek reporter three weeks ago.

After the earthquake and tsunami, an SH-60B helicopter assigned to the Chargers of Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 14 from Naval Air Facility Atsugi flew over the city of Sendai to deliver more than 1,500 pounds of food to survivors.

The Abeno Harukas building, center, operated by Kintetsu Corp., stands illuminated at night in Osaka.

Japan and South Korea should take the lead in improving relations and the U.S. will do whatever it can to help defuse tensions between its two main Asian allies, Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy said.

Tokyo-based Bitcoin exchange MtGox has filed for bankruptcy protection as 850,000 Bitcoins have gone missing.

Sanix Inc., a provider of sanitation services, will invest 845 million yen to set up a facility to make inverters for solar power generation systems as installations expand in Japan.

A 24-year-old man arrested late Wednesday on suspicion of stabbing a neighbor to death and robbing another man of money in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, has admitted to a series of assaults on the street, police said.

Located in Miyazaki, Japan, the Seagaia Ocean Dome was the world's largest Polynesia-themed indoor beach.

At the supermarket inside the mall, the daily specials include beef shipped direct from Aeon's own feed lot in Tasmania, an arrangement that reduces prices for consumers and skirts Japan's politically strong agricultural co-operative system that many see as an outdated relic of the country's revival after World War Two - PHOTO: REUTERS [CHIBA CITY] ... (more)

MANILA The Department of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday that an undocumented Filipino worker in Japan, who is now paralyzed, needs the help of his relatives from the Philippines.

As the third anniversary of the Fukushima disaster nears, the nation is faltering in its resolution to shun nuclear power.

March 11, 2011 was truly a tragic day in Japan. Lives were changed and lives were ended.

Feathers, floats, sequins and samba - it's safe to say that this past weekend was a spectacle of carnivals across the globe, from Rio de Janeiro to Cape Town.

Rising transport costs and pricey alcohol have earned Singapore the title of the world's most expensive city, according to a new survey.

American actress Charlotte Kate Fox was tapped Tuesday to play a lead role in NHK's upcoming morning drama series "Massan," based on the true story of Masataka Taketsuru, the founder of Japan's whiskey industry.

Kyoto-based and three centuries old, the store brings premium green tea to NYC Just a few blocks from the hustle and bustle of Grand Central Station lies the serene Ippodo , hidden inside the ground level of Michelin-starred restaurant Kajitsu , which specializes in all-vegetarian Japanese Shojin cuisine.