The George Washington left Yokosuka in 2015 for a midlife nuclear refueling and maintenance period in Newport News. The process was significantly delayed by the pandemic and other setbacks before the carrier eventually departed from Naval Station Norfolk in April.

LONDON (AP) Englands rugby team has ended its five-match losing streak in fine style by running in nine tries to beat Eddie Jones Japan 59-14. England was previously defeated by New Zealand, Australia and South Africa in this autumn series, after back-to-back test losses to the All Blacks in July. A sixth straight defeat would have been Englands worst run since 2006. Captain Jamie ...

TOKYO (AP) Forty years after its founding, Japanese clothing retailer Uniqlo has more than 2,500 stores worldwide. Sales at its parent company, Fast Retailing Co., recently topped 3 trillion yen ($20 billion) annually for the first time.

Dua Lipa is on the Asia leg of her “Radical Optimism” tour, and the singer-songwriter is teasing fresh elements for her devoted fanbase across the continent. The Asia tour kicked off in Singapore and continued across Philippines, Japan, Taiwan and Malaysia, with India and South Korea to come. After incorporating Jane Fonda-inspired workout routines into […]

On Oct. 1, 1942, a Japanese freighter carrying over 1,800 British POWs captured during the Battle of Hong Kong was torpedoed by an American sub. The chaos that followed wherein members of the Japanese army shot any prisoner aiming to swim to safety while a slew of fishing boats helped in their rescue […]

Japan will hold a memorial ceremony near the Sado Island Gold Mines, which were listed this summer as a UNESCO World Heritage site after the country moved past years of disputes with South Korea and reluctantly acknowledged the dark side of their history

CHONGQING, China (AP) Amber Glenn of the United States performed a personal-best free skate to win the Cup of China and secure a spot in the Grand Prix Final. Second after the short program Glenn opened with a clean triple axel and reeled off six clean triples to overtake Japans Mone Chiba with a personal-best score of 144.70 for a total of 215.54 points. Along with her victory at the Gr...

Tom MacCubbin gives advice on gardening in Florida including care of muhly grass, Japanese blueberry trees, foxtail ferns, bird of paradise, podocarpus, camellias, bush beans and lichen.

Japan is offering taxi and bus license exams in other languages to attract more foreign drivers amid a manpower shortage.

South Korea says it will not attend Sado mines memorial in Japan amid lingering historical tensions

What You Need to Know: The USS George Washington (CVN-73), a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, has returned to Yokosuka, Japan, to serve as the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier. This marks a return to Japan for the ship, which previously held the same role from 2008 to 2015 before being relieved by the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76).

The rocket scientist-turned-historian spent three years beginning at the age of 9 in a relocation camp in Wyoming. He has made it his mission to tell the story.

The store features exclusive merchandise and clothing only available to Sin City shoppers.

When Yasuaki Aoyama was a boy, he caught a glimpse of a concept for a shower that blew his mind. Shown off at the 1970 Japan World Expo, the shower was an egg-shaped pod that filled with water and released massaging balls that would scrub the body of the person inside of this ridiculous human […]The post

Sunday's Japan Cup highlights weekend horse racing,with the Hong Kong International Races looming just over the horizon.

Rahm Emanuel, the hard-charging Democratic operative from Chicago now serving as U.S. ambassador to Japan, is trying to sort out where he could best serve his party -- fueling speculation he could be interested in taking over the reins of the Democratic National Committee.

Rahm Emanuel, the hard-charging Democratic operative from Chicago now serving as U.S. ambassador to Japan, is trying to sort out where he could best serve his party -- fueling speculation he could be interested in taking over the reins of the Democratic National Committee.