Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Aokigahara Forest is an infamous destination in Japan. pictured: A foggy Japanese forest with no sunlight and thick trees The ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese government, on board USS Missouri (BB-63), Sep. 2, 1945. Credit: Army Signal Corps photographer ...

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After being mislabeled and nearly impossible to find, this beverage steeped in Japanese history is finally making a name for itself in the States. If you haven't heard of shochu, you aren't alone.

This year marks 80 years since Japan’s catastrophic defeat in the Asia-Pacific War. In 1945, the country lay in ruins. Millions had died in battle or in the devastating Allied bombings of Tokyo, ...

Newly graduated from college nearly 20 years ago, Kate McDonald and a group of friends spent 31 days walking the centuries-old Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route through Spain. Several weeks in, on a ...

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