U.S. forces and Japanese police will hold a joint patrol in Okinawa Prefecture next week after a number of sexual assault cases involving U.S. military personnel came to light last year, a Japanese ...

The U.S. Senate confirmed George Glass, a former investment banker and vocal China critic, as the new ambassador to Japan on Tuesday. His appointment comes during a turbulent period in U.S.-Japan ...

Osaka, Japan (CNN) — At Katsuo-ji Temple, Daruma dolls watch from every corner. They peer between tree branches, cluster around altars, and dot winding pathways, flashes of bright red among the ...

On Tuesday, the Senate voted to confirm the nomination of George Glass to be ambassador to Japan. Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism, including breaking ...

6 cases. One of the people contacted “called the bi-partisan rejection of the 1512 charge the ‘greatest failure of legal judgement since FDR and his Attorney General put American citizens of Japanese ...

TOKYO -- The number of cases of whooping cough, an infectious disease of the respiratory tract accompanied by severe coughing, has totaled 4,100 across Japan since the beginning of this year ...

TOKYO (AP) — An independent investigation of a sexual assault case linked to one of Japan’s top celebrities said Monday that Fuji Television Network failed to support its female employee ...

KOREA (TR) – It has been revealed that the Korean police have dropped their investigation into a Japanese woman who is suspected of forcibly kissing a member of popular Korean group BTS, reports Fuji ...

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(Mainichi/Motomi Kusakabe) SEOUL (Mainichi) -- South Korean police announced March 31 that they have suspended investigations into a Japanese woman accused of forcibly kissing BTS member Jin at an ...