Mugen Train’ blends Buddhist impermanence, Shinto philosophy and samurai ethics into a lesson on courage and suffering.

A Japanese anime professor, explores how its narratives intertwine with cultural, philosophical and religious traditions.

Edward Bickersteth heard a sermon about peace. Later that Sunday afternoon he visited a terminally ill friend and the friend asked about the sermon, since he hadn’t been able to be there. Bickersteth ...

In a time when the chaos of news-by-the-minute assaults the senses of those who yearn for perspective and analysis, it can be instructive to look back to April 1945, a month that gave the world 30 ...

Many have spent years studying and teaching Japanese anime, exploring how its narratives intertwine with cultural, ...

For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its ...

A Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world's longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded $1.4 million in compensation, an official said Tuesday. The payout represents ...

A Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world’s longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded US$1.44 million in compensation, an official said yesterday. The payout represents ...

Iwao Hakamada's legal team has said the money falls short of the pain he suffered A Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world's longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded $ ...

A Japanese man who spent almost five decades on death row before he was acquitted of a murder charge has received a modest payout for his troubles — $1.45 million, or about $85 for each day he spent ...

March 25 (UPI) --An 89-year-old Japanese man who spent nearly half a century on death row for a 1966 quadruple murder before being exonerated last year was awarded a record $1.44 million in ...