Katsuo-ji offers visitors two different types of Darumas: the Kachi-Daruma, the classic doll known as “the winning Daruma” ...

Animal charity Animal Aid have issued a furious statement after the horrific fall of race horse Broadway Boy during the Grand National today at Aintree. Broadway Boy was leading the race before ...

The Grand National has been slammed by animal charity Animal Aid after the fall of race horse Broadway Boy during the Grand National yesterday at Aintree. Broadway Boy was winning before the ...

Born from the trauma of World War II, this bow-wearing cartoon icon became a powerful tool for diplomacy, reinvention, and ...

Japan's Ryukyu Islands, which includes Okinawa, are the exclusive home to two rare mammals, the Amami rabbit and Ryukyu ...

Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda said meanwhile that tariffs "can be a factor in downward pressure on the global and national economies". Ishiba on Thursday told his ministers "to study closely ...

Numbers from the Japan National Tourism Organization support that feeling: The country had a record-breaking 36.9 million international visitors in 2024, a 47 percent increase from the previous year.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Broadway Boy, who suffered a heavy fall while leading the Grand National on Saturday ... expressed horror at the fall on Saturday, with animal rights activists seizing on the incident to criticise ...

“Japan has to defend not only its nation but also its surrounding area for its national security,” Dr Tosh Minohara, who chairs the Research Institute for Indo-Pacific Affairs think ...

TOKYO: US President Donald Trump's tariffs on Japanese goods are a "national crisis", Prime Minister ... measures be reviewed, Tokyo said. Japan's main Nikkei 225 index fell 2.75 per cent on ...