At the time, Kaminishi was the last surviving member of the legendary Vancouver Asahi, a team recognized in the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and B.C. Sports Hall of Fame. The spry centenarian met ...

Former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba will become Japan’s new prime minister after winning his party’s leadership contest on Friday, following a crowded race that ended in a runoff vote.

At first, scientists just wanted to figure out the best way to kill these pests. Then they decided that studying rat society ...

Four seemingly corresponding patents were submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (making them legal in ...

The Japanese education system has often been criticized for heavily valuing scores and rote memorization. Nonetheless, Japanese students have continuously scored above the worldwide average in the ...

The end is in sight for The Simpsons: Tapped Out, EA's long-running and hugely successful free-to-play city builder. The publisher has announced it's removing the mobile game from app stores this ...

PC gaming has been a massive niche for decades, so we've ranked the 15 best pc games of all time in terms of gameplay, ...

With new smartphones launching every week, and stiff competition between the biggest manufacturers and contract providers, you can often find deals on even the most expensive handsets – including ones ...

The latest figure may be lower, but it still shows that many places around Japan lack people who want to lead their municipalities. In the mayoral elections in five prefectural capitals ...

But compared with U.S. and Chinese cities that also made it to the top 10 list, Japan’s capital is home to a relatively low number of billionaires. Henley & Partners said April 18 it compiled ...

Founded in 1986, City in the Community is Manchester City’s charity. We support people across Greater Manchester by empowering healthier lives through football. Our youth-led programmes place physical ...