The South China Morning Post shared that prohibited girls' names may include “Jewel,” “Lovely,” “Kitty” and “Elsa,” while boys' names “Prince,” “Naruto,” “Pikachu” and “Naiki” (pronounced like "Nike") ...

As a teenager growing up in Tokyo, Madoka Koguchi attended a Japanese production of the musical “Cats.” The performance left ...

Tomiko Iuka is now the oldest living person on earth. That's according to the Gerontology Research Group and Guinness world records which confirmed Ito's status. Wednesday after the death on ...

Cole Saladino for The New York Times “She’s the only person who can pick up the phone in New York City and talk to anyone in Japan,” said Yukari Sakamoto, a sake expert who lives in Tokyo ...

A 116-year-old Japanese woman is now the oldest living person in the world, the Guinness World Records declared Wednesday. Tomiko Itooka's title comes after Maria Branyas Morera died this week at 117.

Japanese encephalitis virus has also been detected for the first time in mosquitoes collected in Brisbane’s eastern suburbs, Queensland health authorities confirmed on Saturday. With mosquito ...