Miyoshi Umeki was a Japanese-American actress and singer who smashed prejudices when she became the first Asian actress to win an Oscar. Then she smashed expectations when she threw it in the bin.

Authorities have evacuated dozens of people from remote islands in southern Japan that have been shaken by over 1,700 tremors in recent weeks.The Japanese government on July 1 approved significant ...

School principal Yoshiro Tobo is one of the few people left on his remote Japanese island, where the earth is constantly ...