In this video, we investigate what happened to "Canada's Titanic", the Empress of Ireland. She went down in the St. Laurence river in 1914, with the loss of 1012 lives, making it Canada's worst ...

The Tenno (Emperor) of Japan is held sacred and sublime, a being directly descended from the Sun Goddess, and himself divine. Who would dare to jab a hypodermic into the flesh of such a being? So far ...

Japan’s government, Church leaders, atomic bomb survivors and lay Catholics have welcomed the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope and first Augustinian friar to assume the papacy, ...

Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, officially opened its doors this weekend, following a grand ceremony on April 12, 2025, attended by Their Majesties, the Emperor and Empress of Japan, along with Crown Prince ...

April 7 (UPI) --Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrived at Iwo Jima Monday as they begin a tour of memorial visits this month to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.

Honda is showing off the interior of its new 2026 Prelude for the first time in Tokyo ahead of the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix this weekend — and as it turns out, anyone familiar with the Civic or ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Empress Masako says the Nobel Peace Prize for an organization of atomic bombing survivors was a key event that impressed her this year and reminded her of the importance of ...

Portland interior designer Midori Karasawa takes a restrained approach to furnishing a home. She was born in Tokyo, where dwellings are small and spare, and high-quality materials are accentuated by ...

TOKYO — Japan’s beloved former Empress Michiko received greetings from her relatives and palace officials to celebrate her 90th birthday Sunday as she steadily recovers from a broken leg, officials ...