Japan

WATCH: Cute Bunnies Swarm Woman for Food

By Olivia B. Waxman

Japan’s Big Economics Experiment Needs More Experimenting

By Michael Schuman

This Needy Penguin Just Wants to Be Loved

By Samantha Grossman

Better Late Than Never: Obama Plans Asia Trip After No-Show

By Hannah Beech
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The Yankees' New Pitcher Rented a Boeing 787 to Fly From Japan

Masahiro Tanaka paid an estimated $200,000 for the atypical aerial adventure

By Alex Fitzpatrick

VP Chides Obamacare Critics

In an exclusive interview with TIME, the vice president says there's no evidence the Affordable Care Act is 'costing people jobs now'

By Zeke J Miller

Women Are Starting a Sex Strike in Tokyo Because of This Guy

A modern day Lysistrata

By Laura Stampler

Japanese Broadcast Official: We Didn't Commit War Crimes, the U.S. Just Made That Up

Japan's top TV figures are making increasingly outrageous statements about World War II

By Kirk Spitzer / Tokyo

Western Countries Spend Less on Defense While Asian Nations Splurge

Asia's territorial disputes are the main reason for the increased military expenditure

By Michelle Arrouas

China Denies Plan for South China Sea Defense Zone

Rumors spread by Japan, China's foreign ministry claims

By Michelle Arrouas

104 Years Later, a Chinese Train Station Platform is Still the Site of Anti-Japanese Rancor

A memorial to a man that Tokyo calls a terrorist, but Beijing and Seoul regard as a hero, reflects East Asia's War over history

By Emily Rauhala / Harbin

Japan and India Bolster Trade and Defense Ties

Tokyo and New Delhi are cosying up, reflecting a shared desire to keep Beijing's growing might in check

By Krista Mahr

Pictures of the Week: January 17 - January 24

From protests turning deadly in Ukraine and a controversial dolphin hunt in Japan to the icy Orthodox Christian rituals of Epiphany and glow-in-the-dark couture at Paris Fashion Week, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

By Phil Bicker

Will Japan and China Go to War?

Japan's Abe worries a conflict could be sparked by something unexpected

By Bobby Ghosh

Japanese Fishermen Slaughter Dozens of Dolphins

Annual hunt was subject of 2009 documentary The Cove

By Noah Rayman

Japan’s All Nippon Airways to Amend ‘Whiteface’ Commercial

Japanese actor dons oversize prosthetic nose to portray Caucasian

By David Stout

These Monkeys Are Having the Best Spa Day Ever

Even monkeys need a little R&R

By TIME Photo

When Mop Tops Were Big in Japan: Meet the Tokyo Beatles

LIFE.com pays tribute to the Fab Four by celebrating their influence on a small cover band formed half a world away from the Beatles' native England: the Tokyo Beatles.

By Liz Ronk

Pictures of the Week: November 15 - November 22

From the 50th anniversary of Kennedy's assassination and recovery efforts in the Philippines and Illinois to Batkid saving San Francisco and an 11-week-old lion cub playing in the fall foliage, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

By Phil Bicker

Human Art

Humanity is hard to see in what remains of the victims’ faces. Some are blackened from fire, with carbonized noses and charcoal gashes where mouths should be. Others that spent months at sea are bloated,...

By Hannah Beech
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