A Japanese artist has attained his goal of painting murals in 10 countries to spread a message of peace, completing the last one on his home soil to complete the three-year quest. Shinichiro Higashi finished a painting of a pigeon holding a white daisy in ...
Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to use his U.S. presidency to promote global peace after meeting Pope Francis, before heading into a high-stakes summit of the world's biggest military alliance. Meeting for the first time, the president and the pontiff sidestepped deep differences over issues ranging ...
Japan had a pacifist "constitution" long before 1947, when the current one went into effect. It was issued in the year 604, its author so esteemed, in his own time and since, as to merit the posthumous name Shotoku Taishi (Crown Prince Sage-Virtue). His ...
Yoko Ono has brought an anti-violence message to Mexico City with the opening of a participative-performance exhibit dubbed "Tierra de Esperanza," or "Land of Hope." The 82-year-old Ono told a crowd Tuesday at the city's Museum of Memory and Tolerance that "I have come here ...
Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States will hold talks in Islamabad on Monday aimed at reviving the Afghan peace process. Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmad Shekib Mostaghni said Saturday that the representatives will discuss a "roadmap for peace talks." Kabul's delegation to the one-day ...
Though there are many pacifist campaign groups worldwide, their efforts often go unnoticed in Japan due to the language barrier. A group of translators is seeking to change that by translating into Japanese reports produced by foreign journalists and lobbyists pushing for peace. "Information announced by ...
Thousands of people joined Yoko Ono in Central Park on Tuesday to try to set a world record for largest group of human bodies forming a peace sign. The record attempt to honor Ono's husband, John Lennon, didn't succeed. Still, the crowd celebrated the upcoming ...
Pope Francis met privately with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Vatican on Wednesday, using the talks to call for a sincere effort aimed at bringing peace to Ukraine. Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi said their talks concentrated on the Ukraine conflict and the ...
While some academics believe the world is getting more peaceful, new research suggests they might be getting their math wrong.
Japan called for stronger ties with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in an annual report on foreign aid Friday, saying they were vital to ensuring its national security at a time when China's influence in the region is growing. Seeing the 10-member regional bloc ...
A monument in the city of Miyazaki built to glorify Imperial Japan's occupation of Asian nations and later rededicated as the city's Peace Tower has been a source of local discomfort for decades. In 1965, authorities restored an Imperial-era slogan on the 36-meter stone tower, ...
The Japanese school system’s treatment of modern history is so slipshod that having a rational debate on the need for war is nearly impossible, young nationalists say.
