Ancient history and sophisticated modern technology mingle seamlessly in Japan and together create some Japan landmarks not ...

The annual Sapporo Snow Festival in Hokkaido's largest city kicked off an elaborate weeklong affair Tuesday, featuring a ...

Sekko Tanaka worships the Buddha statue, which was stolen from Kannonji temple in Japan, at Buseoksa Temple in South Korea on Jan. 24. The Yomiuri Shimbun 2:00 JST, February 1, 2025 TSUSHIMA, Nagasaki ...

Japan saw its biggest year-on-year jump in foreign workers since records began, government data showed yesterday, as the country seeks to address labor shortages exacerbated by its aging population.

The "Bonne Mere" is the largest statue in the world to have been made using a technique called electroplating, which consists in plunging a plaster mould into a copper bath, David said.

The "Bonne Mere" is the largest statue in the world to have been made using a technique called electroplating, which consists in plunging a plaster mould into a copper bath, David said. "Some 140 ...

That marks the biggest jump since records began in 2008 ... when the number of foreign workers stood at 788,000. Japan has the world's second-oldest population after Monaco, according to the ...

The temporary installation of a nearly 50-foot tall statue of a naked woman in Union Square has been delayed out of concerns that the weight of the enormous artwork and its base could crack ...

It has not. Mayor Nishikubo still weighs 238 pounds. Even so he is but a pygmy beside the gigantic sumos (wrestlers) of Japan, men who weigh up to 400 pounds, mountains of fat and muscle who boast ...