INAZAWA, Aichi Prefecture--Women officially joined a so-called "naked festival" at a shrine in central Japan on Thursday for the first time in the event's 1,250 year history, donning purple robes ...

A statue of a "comfort woman" pictured outside of the Japanese embassy in Seoul A Japanese film festival will now show a documentary on forced wartime sex workers after its earlier decision to ...

The words Fukubukuro, or lucky bag, are written on this bright red paper bag They're called Fukubukuro - and at the start of each new year, thousands of people in Japan queue up for hours to get ...

"We all knew this had gone crazy, but we didn't really know why." The rising tide of wealth and industrial might led to a spate of best seller books and Hollywood movies on how Japan owned the future.