Japan's Emperor Naruhito has announced plans to honor Japanese World War II prisoners during his visit to Mongolia next week.

The Kim family has ruled North Korea since 1948. Photos show Kim Jong Un's relatives, from his grandfather to his daughter, ...

Yet many welfare states have been built the world over without an ideology of national security following in their wake.

So far, Iran’s military response to both US and Israeli attacks has been underwhelming. Tehran is clearly hobbled by the ...

A view of the Taiwan Straits is seen from Xiamen port, in East China's Fujian Province. Photo: IC. In response to a media ...

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, center, and Empress Masako wave to well-wishers from the balcony of the Imperial Palace as Crown Princess Kiko, far left, Crown Prince Akishino, and Naruhito and Masako ...

During my early years in life, I would often hear the adults in the room talk about the political climate in our country. During the 1950s, the conversations would inevitably go into politics and some ...

THE shrinking number of Japan’s imperial family members is a grave problem for the country. As things stand, only three members are eligible to ascend to the Chrysanthemum Throne, and unease ...

Japanese evangelicals started pushing back against a militant nationalism that controlled various expressions of the faith in Japan. They adopted an alternative ideology: pacifism.

MacArthur's directive to the Japanese government does not pertain to private belief in the intricacies of Shintoism, the fundamental core of which is ancestor worship, particularly in connection ...