Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family waved to a crowd of New Year’s well-wishers gathered at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo ...

As Masa, a Labrador retriever, entered a pediatric hospital ward in Tokyo, Japan, children’s eyes lit up at the dog. A ...

Rui Hiyama takes facility dog Masa for a walk around the ward at the National Center for Child Health and Development in ...

Japan is accelerating a military buildup program designed to double annual arms spending. The country also is revising a ...

There were about as many deadly bear attacks in Japan in just 2025 as there are in the United States in the average decade.

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Dog ownership benefits the mental health and social behaviors of teens, which may come about due to changes in gut microbes ...

Did you have a merry Christmas? Thank the women in your life whose unpaid and unseen work makes the holidays magical from ...

A year-end rite that can trace its roots back more than 1,000 years is disappearing as people have less free time, feel less ...

Pudu Robotics, the Chinese startup best known for its cat-eared restaurant robot BellaBot, is moving outdoors for its next ...

The Living Treasures of Hawai‘i program — celebrating its 51st year in 2026 — continues a cherished tradition of honoring ...

BEIJING/TAIPEI >> China launched its most extensive war games around Taiwan today to showcase Beijing’s ability to cut off ...