December 7, 2019 Pearl Harbor attack remembered in somber 78th anniversary ceremony A somber ceremony was held Saturday at the Pearl Harbor Visitors Center to mark the 78th anniversary of the surprise Japanese attack on the Hawaii naval base.
December 6, 2019 Troubled waters: Open water swimming faces do-over of 2016 Haley Anderson has been through this before.
December 4, 2019 South Korea to send food, radiation detector to Tokyo Olympics over Fukushima radiation fears The Tokyo Olympics are approaching and South Korea is taking steps to make sure that their Olympic athletes are not going to be ingesting any kind of contaminated food from the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
December 4, 2019 Hot Water: Pressure to move Tokyo Olympics open-water venue The IOC moved next year’s Tokyo Olympic marathons and race walks out of the Japanese capital to avoid the stifling heat and humidity.
December 3, 2019 Japanese man, 71, arrested for calling phone company 24,000 times to complain, police say A Japanese man was arrested for allegedly calling a phone company — a whopping 24,000 times — to complain to them about his contract, police said.
November 30, 2019 Japanese department store 'rethinking' use of 'period badges' for menstruating employees A department store in Japan is reportedly "rethinking" a new policy of having female employees wear a badge with a cartoon character dubbed “Miss Period” that signifies they're menstruating.
November 23, 2019 Pope Francis' visit to Japan highlights country's aging 'Hidden Christians' Japan's "Hidden Christian" population, members of the Japanese Catholic Church who had to go into hiding during intense religious persecution, will be getting a big boost this weekend from Pope Francis.
November 10, 2019 Japan emperor greets public in parade marking enthronement Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako waved and smiled from an open car in a parade Sunday marking Naruhito's enthronement as hundreds of thousands of delighted well-wishers cheered, waved small flags and took photos from packed sidewalks.
November 8, 2019 Japan ban on women wearing glasses sparks backlash A purported ban of glasses worn by female employees in Japan has sparked widespread backlash.
November 8, 2019 More than 1 million Olympic tickets in latest Japan lottery Frustrated residents of Japan will get another shot at attending next year's Tokyo Olympics when organizers on Friday put more than 1 million tickets into the latest lottery.