Early mirrors like this bronze one were all made of metal, which was then so highly polished that you could literally see your face in it. Like so much else in Japanese culture, mirrors originally ...

Emerging from the head of the world's tallest bronze Buddha and climbing down to its right ear, two specialist cleaners gave the imposing Japanese statue an annual spruce up Monday to help it look ...

The Japanese team of Jun Mizutani ... but Mizutani handed Woo-jin a loss by the same score to seal the bronze. China and Germany will tangle for gold later Friday.

PARIS--A tearful Hina Hayata overcame injury to her left wrist to secure the women’s singles table tennis bronze medal at the Paris Olympics. It was only Japan’s second medal in the event ...

Michael Kwiatkowski of Olean (left) is shown with Sgt. John H. Pope of Lynnbrook, Long Island, with a Japanese flag in the aftermath of fighting on Kakazu Ridge on the Island of Okinawa in April 1945.

Indeed, India beat Paris Olympics bronze medallists South Korea 3-2 in the quarterfinal, underlining their prowess. Ayhika and Manika were key in that victory, despite Sreeja Akula's loss to a ...

Early mirrors like this bronze one were all made of metal, which was then so highly polished that you could literally see your face in it. Like so much else in Japanese culture, mirrors originally ...