The Yomiuri Shimbun Imam Yusuke Fujitani explains about the onion-shaped dome while standing on the minaret of Kobe Muslim ...

As well as being cheap, bamboo appears to have remarkable qualities of seismic resistance. Now it's being used to try to ...

On today's date in 1707, a catastrophic 8.6 magnitude earthquake hit Japan. This quake may have played a role in the last ...

Tomiichi Murayama, who has died aged 101, was a hitherto unsung politician who unexpectedly became prime minister of Japan ...

The hardline conservative emulated her hero Margaret Thatcher after a whirlwind few weeks of political wrangling.

During the 80th anniversary year of the end of World War II, former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama died at age 101, 30 ...

TOKYO - Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama has died at the age of 101, local media reported.

Tomiichi Murayama, Japan's former prime minister known for his landmark apology over World War II, died on Friday at age 101. His 1995 statement set a benchmark for Japan's wartime remorse and ...

Japan’s former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who was known for his 1995 “Murayama statement” apologizing to Asian victims ...

A 6.9-magnitude aftershock jolted quake-hit southern Philippines, triggering a fresh tsunami alert just hours after an ...

In fact, traveling to Tokyo on business may be the easiest way to tap into a vein of the local and everyday. The world’s largest metropolis is one giant cityscape of commuters on the move. Instead of ...

Kobe Bryant won five NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers and is one of the franchise’s greatest players of all time. NBA legend Kobe Bryant played 20 seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers. Bryant’s ...