The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are widely recognized as two of the most devastating atrocities of World War II. On ...

On the rural islands of Nagasaki a handful of believers practice a version of Christianity that has direct links to a time of ...

Japan's Hidden Christians, also known as Kakure Kirishitan, maintain a unique form of Christianity developed during centuries ...

The Center said in a comment that as long as the United States and Russia account for more than 80% of deployable nuclear warheads, the two "hold a special responsibility for nuclear disarmament" ...

This southwest Japan city was filled with somber prayers June 3 to commemorate the victims of the major pyroclastic flow on ...

The dangerous 'Demon Core' was never used. In 1946, it was melted and repurposed for nuclear research, but its deadly ...

In Japan, bobtail cats are considered good luck, and Nagasaki is the place to find them. They are known as “omagari neko (bent-tail cats)” or “kagi neko (hook cats)” and have their own society of ...

By Jinggoy I. SalvadorIt’s springtime, and one of the most awaited phenomena in Japan transpires. The cherry blossoms trumpet ...

On Aug. 9, 1945, U.S. forces detonated an atomic bomb over Nagasaki. Shiroyama Elementary School was only 500 meters (1,600 ...

Go off the tourist track and into the heart of Japan. Here are 10 hidden gems to visit in Japan, according to a local.