Francis put his final day to good use. He celebrated one last Easter. He delivered one last homily; read aloud by someone ...

Periods including “fish emerge from the ice” in mid-February and “rainbows hide” in late November offer a framework for ...

NAGAHAMA, Shiga — A temple in Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, has created pictures featuring cats mourning the death of Buddha that have visitors ... Parts Imports Bank of Japan Gov. Ueda Says ...

U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass, second left, and his wife Mary, left, are welcomed by Joseph Young, center, Acting Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Tokyo, Eiichi Kawahara ...

Tokyo, April 18 (Jiji Press)--New U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass arrived at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Friday as he assumed his position as the United States' top envoy to the Asian ally.

New U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass, arriving in Tokyo on Friday, vowed to work with Japan to counter China's assertiveness in the region and to ensure that the bilateral alliance remains a ...

21 people whose death sentences were commuted sue Trump ... Read more about the tariffs and rare earths mines New US ambassador to Japan says he’s optimistic a tariffs deal can be reached George Glass ...

Zhou, who said he went on a stabbing spree because he “didn’t want to live anymore”, was sentenced to death in January. The Chinese foreign ministry on Wednesday told the Japanese embassy in ...

U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass, second left, and his wife Mary, left, are welcomed by Joseph Young, center, Acting Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Tokyo, Eiichi Kawahara, second ...

TOKYO — The new U.S. ambassador to Japan pledged Friday to support the American military’s efforts to “push back against a country like China” during remarks on his first day in the post.

“We sit with Japan in a very tough neighborhood. You have Russia, you have China, and you have North Korea,” Glass said Friday, adding that the allies need to make sure their militaries have a ...

New U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass arrived in Tokyo on Friday, aiming to work closely to rein in China's military and economic ambitions while expressing “extreme optimism" that a trade ...