But she said: "As soon as I landed in Japan…I was on my phone, trying to source drugs." That decision, made in the grip of her ketamine addiction, put her in a Japanese prison for five months. "It has ...

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In a region shaped by one of history's difficult pasts, Konagai’s fruit-shaped bus stops offer a gentle kind of joy.

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As a major exhibition opens at the British Museum, our writer traces the history and heritage of Japan’s great warrior class ...

Ahead of a snap election in Japan, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has pledged to scrap a tax on food, but a lack of clear ...

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In their campaign for the Feb. 8 general election, Japanese political parties are focusing on measures to support people's daily lives amid inflation. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its new ...

Transferred late in World War II, Japanese prisoners of war encountered suspicion in southwest Iowa before labor demands ...