Mitsuo Fuchida is one of the most notorious villains in American history. The Japanese pilot, handpicked by Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, led the surprise attack on United States forces at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. The date lives in infamy 82 years
Nick Kyrgios has been helping Naomi Osaka to prepare for her long-awaited comeback by providing her with some helpful serving tips. The Japanese star has not played a competitive match since September 2022 but is expected to return to action at the Brisbane
U.S. and Japanese military divers recovered what could be the remains of crew members and wreckage from the U.S. Air Force Osprey aircraft that crashed near Japan last week, the Air Force announced Monday. The CV-22 Osprey was carrying eight American service
A new island near Japan created in a violent underwater volcanic eruption has continued to spew smoke and molten rock. Japanese coastguards have released a video of the volcanic outcrop which has been named Niijima meaning “new island”. The island appeared in
British women civilian internees queue up for food at the camp mess area (Image: Popperfoto) The beautiful voices of the ladies’ choir rose clear and true over the congregation, balm for the fractured minds and aching hearts of wartime. As the final
Japanese police on Tuesday arrested a man who barricaded himself in a post office and kept hostages at gunpoint for several hours after he shot two people at a nearby hospital. Police first responded at around 1 p.m. local time to a
Japan’s Supreme Court struck down a law requiring transgender people to remove their reproductive organs in order to officially change their gender. On Wednesday, the top court’s 15-judge Grand Bench ruled that Japan’s 2003 law requiring the removal of reproductive organs for
In a 2021 lawsuit, Gen Suzuki, who wanted to legally change his gender from female to male, said the requirement to undergo reproductive surgery was inhuman and unconstitutional. On Thursday, a court in central Japan upheld Suzuki’s request and determined that it was
Russia is considering joining China in banning Japanese seafood imports after Japan released treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea and is seeking talks with Japan over the matter, a Russian regulator said on Tuesday. Japan
A row over Japanese knotweed has erupted after a woman claims the fast-growing plant has spread from her neighbour’s property and is ruining her garden. Glenys Parsons, 68, lets her home in Northill, Swansea, South Wales, to her son’s girlfriend and her