Hiroshima celebrates 50 years of Sanyo Shinkansen bullet trains
A ceremony has been held in western Japan to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the full opening of the Sanyo Shinkansen bullet train line.
Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hiroshima and the Surrender of Japan by Richard Overy
Richard Overy’s chilling new book Rain of Ruin charts the lead-up to Japan’s surrender in the second World War and is ...
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Air India announces Tokyo airport switch, enhanced codeshare with All Nippon
Air India has announced that it will be scaling up its direct non-stop services between Delhi and Tokyo for the northern ...
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'Eerie' sky, charred bodies: 80 years since Tokyo's World War II firestorm
Because of the atomic bombings and Japan's surrender a month later, the firebombing of Tokyo is often overlooked in history.
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After decades missing, Buddha statue to return to Hiroshima
HIROSHIMA--A large, ancient statue of Buddha ... taking up residence in places such as Yamagata Prefecture and Tokyo. It was enshrined at the Daibutsuden hall of Sairenji temple, located on ...
Japan won't join UN meeting on nuclear weapons ban, citing support for US deterrence
TOKYO (AP) — Japan will not attend a U.N. conference on the treaty banning nuclear weapons, a top government official in ...