Don’t like sharp objects around your eyes? Bear with it in this unique exhibit about ophthalmology in the Asian Pacific.

Few Paris addresses conjure myth quite like Maxim's, the gilded Belle Époque haunt where artists and aristocrats once jostled ...

Synodus autumnus, or the autumn lizardfish (Iroha-eso in Japanese), derives its name from its warm-toned coloration, ...

A drunk American tourist sparked outrage in Japan after damaging a 761-year-old temple that’s linked to Japan’s samurai ...

The sacred camphor tree at Kinomiya Shrine in Atami is no ordinary timber. Estimated to be more than 2,000 years old, it is one of Japan’s largest and oldest camphor trees — a towering guardian of ...

A new film tells the true story of two Japanese soldiers in World War II. The soldiers lived for two years on top of a very ...