A brush with sexual discrimination gave Robin Sakamoto the drive to succeed as a working mom and push for on-campus facilities at Kyorin to help parents.

Woolly can be likened to a security blanket — a friend who is always by your side, always ready to offer his warm affection and companionship.

Osunaarashi’s win against two yokozuna at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament last July generated a lot of excitement and boosted the Egyptian’s hopes that with the victory, he was one step closer to attaining the professional sport’s highest rank. The 22-year-old maegashira — the ...

Aurora is "a really a nice cat. She just needs some help finding the right person."

If you find all this incense as intriguing as I did and are ready to sign up to become a master in the Way of Fragrance, then I suggest you start right away, if not 20 years ago.

Sox was last featured here in December 2012 and, perhaps because he is a very shy cat, had been unable to find a home — that is, until he met Jane Aliga-Caparroso and her husband, Ernie Caparroso. Shortly after losing their cat Tango to ...

In the last part of this series on Jamaicans in Japan, Baye McNeil speaks to a teacher, author and poet in Yokohama and an attorney in Tokyo.

If one measures life in a 60-year cycle — and if you use the Chinese zodiac calendar, you do — then age 60 marks a new beginning or birth: You can be a child once again.

Famous for her regular Saturday morning TV appearances as a film commentator on popular TBS show “King’s Brunch,” half-Swedish entertainer LiLiCo says her work is such fun it is the fundamental driving force in her life. The 44-year old from Stockholm divides her time ...

Shield, a "drop-dead gorgeous" Australian shepherd, is a dog in love with life and people but without a home.

While Ann Jenkins has taken roles in numerous Tokyo International Players productions during her 24-year involvement with the group, she is just as active behind the scenes.