The world of samurai is being showcased at the British Museum in London. A new exhibition aims to show how these iconic Japanese figures were far more than fierce warriors.

A veteran Tennessee lawman was found dead on a rural dirt road in a field in Bledsoe County, authorities said. The body of Det. Ricky Seals, a 35-year veteran, was ...

Over the past year, many art institutions have refreshed their look or even given themselves a new name, to varying degrees of public approval. Short and snappy is evidently in vogue: The Courtauld ...

CAIRO (AP) — A boat belonging to an Egyptian pharaoh was put on display Tuesday in the Grand Egyptian Museum’s exhibition hall while being reassembled in real time. The cedarwood boat, one of two that ...

McGill University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. McGill University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Bond University provides funding as a member of The ...

Japan's potential rate hike is a pivotal global risk, with the yen strengthening and JGB yields at multi-year highs. Japanese institutions may shift capital from US Treasuries to domestic bonds, ...

Weeks into the job, Japan’s new leader has come face-to-face with what it means to cross China’s red line on Taiwan. In the days since Sanae Takaichi suggested her country could respond militarily if ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This image released by Searchlight Pictures shows Brendan Fraser, left, and and Akira Emoto in a scene from "Rental Family." ...

TOKYO (AP) — Ryuichi Ichinokawa’s life could be right out of the movie “Rental Family” as the founder nearly two decades ago of the Heart Project business in Japan, which he bills as a surrogate ...

A museum packed with samurai weapons and armor stands near the iconic Kintaikyo Bridge in Iwakuni, a short drive from the Marine Corps air station in Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan. The Kashiwabara ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo by Viktor Fridshon/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images) In one of the unusual love stories to surface on the internet, a ...

Real wages have not risen since 2021 on a full year basis, underscoring the strain on household purchasing power. Takaichi's economic approach could fuel inflation further. The BOJ is also caught in a ...