Escape the crowds and visit 3 of Japan’s lesser-known treasures: Taketomi Island’s beaches, Yamaguchi’s history and Nasu’s ...

The Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan’s largest crime syndicate, has apparently let bygones be bygones and allowed a rival gang that had splintered from it six years ago back into the fold. According to ...

A local civic group will launch another survey later this week to locate the remains of 183 people left at an underwater coal ...

Yamaguchi, 72, said at a news conference on ... in the LDP and the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, Komeito leaned toward a change of leadership and a new generation.

Yamaguchi Hiroaki’s broadcasting career includes stints at NHK’s Nagasaki, Shimane, and Ehime bureaus before joining NHK WORLD-JAPAN. He’s reported from across Japan, including stories on A ...

forcing Japan to concede defeat. The first bomb struck Hiroshima on August 6, followed by another on Nagasaki on August 9.