The shrine complex dates back to the eighth century, but it's not the star of the show. Most visitors come for the close to 10,000 red and orange lacquered torii gates that line the 2 ½-mile-long ...

A retired couple looks at a Social Security check together. A retirement strategy known as the Social Security bridge is one way to create an enlarged stream of guaranteed income without an annuity.

Non-Japanese speakers were excluded from access to disaster information after the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck 30 years ago, and Japanese and foreign residents are still filling in the cracks.

During the U.S. presidential campaign, President-elect Donald Trump generally took a tough line toward China. Yet at the same time, he often complained about some of the United States’ most ...

People throw offerings made of red paper, called gohei, into the fire to pray for good health at Uto Shrine in Aomori on Dec. 28 ... Indonesia Launches Free School Meal Program with Support from Japan ...

Weasel Moccasin says she has been fortunate to have a very strong connection to her culture as a Blackfoot person but hopes her research will help build a bridge for reconciliation with the ...

Frankie Bridge has said she was 'knocked sideways ... Even though I've always known this is impossible, it hasn't stopped me from trying and then punishing myself every day that I haven't succeeded.

In a move to foster closer ties, China's military representatives are scheduled to visit Japan in mid-January. The visit, agreed upon by both nations, aims to enhance mutual understanding and trust, ...

Both countries are also strategically located along the Strait of Malacca, through which many cargo shipments pass through en route to Japan, making them pivotal to ensuring the freedom of the ...

Until now, Japan has acted as a bridge between ASEAN on one side and the U.S. and Europe on the other. Ishiba chose this year’s ASEAN chair Malaysia and regional power Indonesia as the first countries ...

More than 100 runners, wishing to be this year's "lucky men," have competed in an early morning race at a shrine in western Japan. Nishinomiya Shrine in Hyogo Prefecture holds the traditional ...