17 year-old Uryu Kamihate lost his mother as a child, and grew up in an orphanage. But with the help of a kindly woman there, he's become a dedicated student, determined to get into Kyoto University ...
Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died, an Ashiya city official said Saturday. She was 116. Yoshitsugu Nagata, ...
SENDAI, Japan -- Wildlife such as deer and boars are increasingly damaging crops in the Tohoku region on the north of Japan's main island, while human encounters with bears -- including attacks by the ...