The JS Akishio, a decommissioned Japanese submarine, is the centerpiece of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force museum in Kure, Japan. (Jonathan Snyder/Stars and Stripes) ...

A soroban “allows students to see and manipulate a physical representation of abstract numbers,” according to The Japan Society website. Japanese third- and fourth-graders are required to practice ...

Derrek Lee can still recite some of the chants that fans created to cheer on his dad during his days playing baseball in ...

The jammed sellout at the Tokyo Dome as the Dodgers and Cubs opened their regular season had a different vibe than the usual ...

Life’s passion: Peggy Montes, 88, carries a passion for empowering women and educating children through the museum she ...

From classic sights to lesser-known gems and transport tips to seasonal highlights, here’s the lowdown on visiting Japan.

About a dozen Japanese played in MLB last season, headlined by Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the World Series champion Los ...

A statue of the main character of Japan's popular anime series "Crayon Shinchan" has been unveiled in front of children in ...

The Vatican on Sunday released the first photograph of Pope Francis in more than a month, showing the pontiff in a ...

The story of baseball runs through the United States and Japan. It’s a ribbon threaded through the history of the sport and ...

“It's the dream we all dreamed of,” Nelson Figueroa, a New York sports analyst and retired right-hander who played for the ...

The National Cherry Blossom Festival is one of Washington’s most popular tourist attractions, drawing more than 1.5 million ...