Eikoh Hosoe, who died on Sept. 16 in Tokyo, was part of a group of avant-garde artists in postwar Japan who were determined ...

Yasuke’s remarkable journey took him from Africa to the ranks of Oda Nobunaga’s forces, where he became one of Japan’s most intriguing figures.

Glenn McDuffie passed away earlier this week at the age of 86. The famous "LIFE" magazine photo featuring McDuffie locking lips with the nurse was taken in August 1945 after Japan ...

“You can feel that this tree is still alive.” Some 140 years ago, laborers on Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands, soaked a massive felled tree in the ocean for 12 month ...

Google Maps is heading down a new road steered by artificial intelligence. The shift will bring more of the revolutionary AI technology that Google already has been baking into its dominant search ...

Other atlases were brought to Japan by the Jesuit missionaries. We also have records showing that the English sent maps. For instance, the cargo of the Thomas, which reached Hirado on June 20, 1616, ...

Now that summer has loosened its torrid grip, a trip to this outdoor museum in the western Tokyo suburbs is a perfect way to ...

As Google Maps approaches 20 years next year ... available to 150 cities around the word including those in Europe and Japan. College campuses are another new category available in this view.

Following a surge in bear attacks across Japan last year, local governments are ramping up efforts to prevent encounters with the animal, employing measures such as digitally mapping out locations ...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is the central bank of Japan. Established under the Bank of Japan Act in 1882, it is a juridical entity and neither a government agency nor a private corporation.

So goes an anecdote making the rounds in Japanese tech circles. It suggests that Japan is a land of opportunity when it comes to AI. The tale is instructive. Japanese do feel relatively little ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 25 (Reuters) - A weak yen is beneficial for Japan's economy as the boost to exports exceeds the increase in the cost of imports, a senior International Monetary Fund (IMF ...