A judge in the United Kingdom ruled that a Japanese professor was incorrect in attributing racism to a comment from her superior about loving sushi. In September 2021, University of London Professor ...

An elderly woman walks in a street in Tokyo's Tsukiji area on March 13, 2020.CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images A Yale professor said in an interview that mass suicide could solve Japan's aging ...

Elderly people are rescued on boat as the city is flooded following heavy rain in Kurashiki city, Okayama prefecture, southwestern Japan, Sunday, July 8, 2018. Heavy rainfall hammered southern Japan ...

Boston University Japanese professor Zenryu Shirakawa died the weekend of Dec. 10 in his home after students noted his absence from class the following Monday morning. He was 63. Shirakawa, who lived ...

A Yale professor’s recently surfaced suggestion that Japan’s elderly commit mass suicide was "inappropriate" but understandable given the social burdens the country's aging population has caused, a ...

Fukuoka, Japan — On 17 July 2024, the British Academy held its Annual General Meeting, where Koji Mizoguchi, Professor of Archaeology at Kyushu University's Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies, was ...

Professor Furuta Motoo, who calls himself a "foreign scientist made in Vietnam," just donated over VND1 billion (US$38,440) to support student scholarships in Vietnam, adding to his multiple ...

Jul. 16—Over the past year, many Americans have spent a lot of time indoors, and during this Olympic season, area sports fans are not likely to make an exception, as watch parties and celebrations ...