T he longer Dragon Ball has gone on, the more gods who have been added to its mythos. As is the natural progression of the franchise as whole, gods who have been introduced more r ...

Masaaki Endoh performs the new opening theme song "Kinnikuman Hero." Mamoru Miyano performs the ending theme song "29" ...

Compared to the original Disney musical Moana, which largely just follows wayfarer Moana (Auli‘i Cravalho) and cocky demigod ...

Non-Japanese speakers were excluded from access to disaster information after the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck 30 years ago, and Japanese and foreign residents are still filling in the cracks.

Thirty years have passed since the Great Hanshin Earthquake. The earthquake, which had a focus directly under a large city, recorded 7 — the highest on the Japanese seismic intensity scale. High-rise ...

The western Japan city of Kobe observed 30 years since the Great Hanshin Earthquake devastated it and other parts of Hyogo Prefecture, with ceremonies including early-morning prayers and ...

Central Kobe is seen on Friday, the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake. The Yomiuri Shimbun Candles are arranged to form the date “1.17” and the word “yorisou,” which means “We are here ...

The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake took place on January 17, 1995, devastating Kobe and the surrounding area. Ahead of its thirtieth anniversary, the Japanese Red Cross Society surveyed 1,200 ...

Hyogo Prefecture marked the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake on Friday with memories of what happened, a desire to pass on the lessons learned to future generations and calls ...

Residents and victims' families observed a moment of silence at 5:46 a.m., the exact time the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck Kobe and its vicinity in Hyogo Prefecture on Jan. 17, 1995 ...

If you ask us, ‘Half marathon’ is a bit of a glass-half-empty term. If these races were rebranded as ‘double 10Ks’ they might get a bit more of the respect they deserve. You may feel a ...

An NHK survey found that more than 60 percent of the survivors of the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake feel that memories of the disaster and lessons learned are fading. Friday marks 30 years ...