In the late 1980s, a group of Japanese women came together to form the country's first female rugby club, efforts that have been immortalized in a short film by Mackenzie Sheppard

Three former senior executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. are acquitted of professional negligence relating to the 2011 crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.

"World Class," by Teru Clavel is an examination of what a top-tier education system — and its opposite — looks like.

UNESCO designates World Heritage sites in order to preserve cultural or natural assets deemed significant to humanity. The idea is to maintain these assets for future generations, but UNESCO itself doesn't pay for maintenance. It is up to the countries where the sites are ...

First time in Japan? Here are a couple tips that will serve you well. DO: Memorize this: nama (draft beer), daijyoki (make ‘em big) and — if you haven’t learned how to count — hold up the appropriate number of fingers. Stand on the left ...