Japanese cultural productions are tweaking the formula to grab the attention of a younger generation.

Three of the five candidates gunning for the party's top spot had visited the shrine in August. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Here are some of the most notorious Japanese war criminals who were never found. General Shirō Ishii – The Mastermind of Unit 731 General Shirō Ishii was the commander of Unit 731, the covert Japanese ...

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Half a century after the UN General Assembly recognised the People’s Republic of China as the sole representative of China, debate over Taiwan’s status has resurfaced. China maintains its position ...

Japanese actor Yasuyuki Hirata who portrays the commander of Unit 731 Shiro Ishii in film Evil Unbound Photo: Courtesy of Yasuyuki Hirata. The global premiere of Evil Unbound them ...

Tsushima helped a rising Asian power consolidate its regional standing, set that power on the path to destruction in World War II, and fired anti-imperial passions the world over.

Foreign direct investment by China’s green-technology industry since 2022 has hit between $227 billion and $250 billion. That’s roughly the size, adjusted for inflation, of the post-World War II ...

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Fourteen people who experienced World War II aged 86 to 100 years old shared their memories 80 years after the end of ...