Hirofumi Tanada, professor emeritus of sociology at Waseda University in Tokyo, reckons that Japan is now home to more than 200,000 Muslims. A study by Tanada and his colleagues showed there were ...

PHOTO: JOVIAN LIM Keng distinguished the foyer with dark grey stone tiles and paper wall scones, highlighting it like the genkan (entryway) in Japanese homes that separate the indoors and outdoors.

TOKYO (AP) — Wildfires have hit several regions in western Japan, injuring at least two people, forcing dozens of residents to evacuate and damaging a number of homes as hundreds of firefighters ...