Japan’s two major religions, Shinto and Buddhism, appear to coexist peacefully today—but their shared history is anything but simple. This video traces their complex relationship, from early ...

A gory set of manuals, one dating to the 17th century, advised Japanese warriors in the secret ways of seppuku.

After Commodore Matthew Perry visited Japan and cajoled the Tokugawa Shogunate to establish commercial and diplomatic relations, Japanese society was riven by divisions between modernizers and ...

Nostalgia is a killer. The term, originally coined in the late seventeenth century, described an illness that came in response to change and dislocation. Symptoms included fever, appetite loss, and ...

During the Meiji period, industrialisation ... In summer 1931, as control slipped away from the civilian government, the army acted independently to invade Manchuria. Troops quickly conquered the ...

Powered by Money.com - Yahoo may earn commission from the links above. Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. said on Monday that paper losses on its domestic bond holdings increased more than eightfold ...

Future soldiers take the oath of enlistment administered by Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George during Twilight Tattoo in celebration of the Army's 249th birthday, at Joint Base Myer-Henderson ...

“Army Strong” is more than just a tagline — for soldiers, it’s a requirement for duty. The U.S. Army requires that all active-duty soldiers prove their physical prowess by passing a ...

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. - U.S. Army Garrison (USAG) Picatinny Arsenal was recently awarded “best garrison” within the U.S. Army Installation Management Command (IMCOM) ID-SUSTAINMENT ...

Provide ready and sustained health services support and force health protection in support of the Total Force to enable readiness and to conserve the fighting strength while caring for our People ...

One of the Army's largest installations has disbanded its teams responsible for routine and preventative maintenance of soldier housing, according to a service spokesperson, a move that comes amid ...

The U.S. Army is making military history, announcing that the branch is becoming the first-ever U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) service to implement a generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform ...