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NPR photographer David Gilkey captured the impact of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that ravaged Japan.
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Japan's defeat in World War II "produced in him strong feelings against war and its chaos," says a childhood friend. Akihito has expressed deep remorse at home and abroad for Japan's wartime actions.
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This weekend marks the 75th anniversary of Franklin Roosevelt's executive order that led to the internment of Japanese-Americans. We hear from two people who were interned when they were children.
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When you have a wine question at a restaurant, you might ask for the sommelier. The best of the best are Master Sommeliers. Well, Japan has experts for…
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One year ago Dallas’ Friendship City of Sendai, Japan, was counting the hundreds who were dead or missing. A ferocious earthquake and tsunami had…
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A year ago Sunday the world shuddered as an earthquake and tsunami destroyed villages and lives in Japan. In the aftermath some 100,000 children were…