Ben Gran lived in Japan for a year teaching English. More than 20 years later, he still vividly remembers the experience and what it taught him.

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Shiori Ito became one of the faces of Japan's #MeToo movement. Her documentary about that experience, 'Black Box Diaries,' is ...

As winter fades, the world eagerly anticipates one of nature’s most breathtaking spectacles: cherry blossom season. This year ...

Japanese troops patrolled Sai Kung ... That single boar saved my life. Others were not so lucky. One villager had his house searched by soldiers, and after they left he found that his precious ...