The government has expressed deep regret over Japan not implementing follow-up measures after listing the latter's modern ...

Japan has yet to make good on a promise made when Hashima Island, where Koreans were forcibly taken for labor during World War II, won the UNESCO World Heritage status in 2015.Japan's ...

Japan had promised earlier to take steps to remember the victims, including many Koreans. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Exploring the world's most captivating abandoned places offers a unique glimpse into history, culture, and the passage of time.

The Japanese island of Hashima was closed in 1974 and fell into disrepair, but since the 2000s, it has been reborn as a tourist destination. On an island off the coast of Nagasaki, ruins that seem ...

Japanese consumers are defensive ... With Hirayama paving the way, Costco saw little risk in joining the Torius Group’s plan. A Costco in Hashima, Gifu Prefecture. Image: Renaik/Wikimedia CC BY-SA 4.0 ...

World Bank Deputy Chief Economist Ayhan Kose has said that the Japanese economy is expected to "deliver healthy growth" over the next two years driven by increased consumption backed by rising wages.

Just off the coast of Nagasaki is Hashima Island, also called “Battleship ... gives researchers and tourists a glimpse of the era of Japanese industrialization. In the U.S., one of the best ...

Bullet train services between Tokyo and Osaka were temporarily halted Friday after a fire broke out near a track in central Japan, according to JR Central. The fire occurred in an area between Nagoya ...