Sanae Takaichi took office on Tuesday as Japan's first female prime minister, but her surprisingly male-dominated cabinet and ...

Many decades before satellites even existed, a Japanese cartographer named Hatsusaburo Yoshida was drawing cities as though he was floating thousands of feet above them. His vivid, colorful drawings ...

Sanae Takaichi took office on Tuesday as Japan's first female prime minister, but her surprisingly male-dominated cabinet and socially conservative track record have left some women ambivalent in a ...

Q: I have enclosed a photo of a teapot I inherited that is part of a set that includes a creamer, sugar bowl with lid, six cups and saucers. Each piece is decorated with a black dragon against a ...

Obverse Image: Entwined dragon surrounded by a pearled border with Kanji and English text. Obverse Text: Romanization: MEIJI / SAN / JU / SAN / DAI / NIHON / 50 SEN (Translation: Year 33 of Meiji ...

PASADENA, Calif. - The massive earthquake that struck off the coast of Japan Friday ranks as the fifth largest in the world since 1900, scientists said. The magnitude-8.9 "megathrust" quake is similar ...