The Japanese government is set to make foreign nationals under the age of 18 and born and raised in Japan eligible for special permission for residency provided their cases fulfill certain requirements, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday. Under the plan, the justice minister...
A powerful tropical cyclone is churning in the western Pacific Ocean, and it could deliver a one-two punch to a portion of Japan this week. This comes right on the heels of Typhoon Doksuri, which unleashed feet of rain in China resulting in historic flooding around Beijing...
“Oppenheimer” has generated backlash in Japan, for what critics argue is its failure to fully grapple with the destructive reality of the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and its celebration of the “father of the atomic bomb.” Why it matters: While the film does...
Around 140,000 people died in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 and 74,000 in Nagasaki three days later, when the United States dropped atomic bombs on the two Japanese cities days before the end of World War II. “Japan, as the only nation to have suffered atomic bombings in war, will...
ISLAMABAD — A senior Pakistani envoy will travel to Afghanistan on Wednesday for bilateral talks with Taliban leaders amid growing allegations Afghan-based fugitive militants have stepped up cross-border terrorist attacks in Pakistan. Asif Durrani, Islamabad’s newly appointed...
