The tourists reportedly told the embassy they did it as a prank. The reports sparked outrage in China, where memories of atrocities committed during Japan's occupation of the country in the 1930s ...

MANILA, Philippines: A Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight bound for Kansai, Japan was delayed for five hours following a report of a bomb inside the plane. The 200 passengers on board PR412 were ...

the operator of the conveyor-belt sushi chain, that the prank led to a sharp decline in revenue across Japan. He said competition with other chains may have caused the company’s sales to drop.

The Japanese public has reacted with outrage and horror over reports that two 20-something tourists from their country were detained in China after one bared his buttocks on the Great Wall of ...