The delight of everyone, young and old, in Japan at Tokyo’s capture of the 2020 Summer Olympics is palpable. This is a city, indeed a whole country, in celebration. Among the active young—who might be ...

TOKYO -- Suicides are on the rise among Japanese teens and that worries 21-year-old Koki Ozora, who grew up depressed and lonely. His nonprofit "Anata no Ibasho," or "A Place for You," is run entirely ...

Rachel Belle reports from Japan: Yesterday I told you about a trip Ron & I took to Noda Mura, a village 2 hours south of Misawa that was destroyed by the tsunami, despite a 40 foot seawall that was ...

Like many places, volunteering rates in Japan tend to rise in the aftermath of disasters. By the third anniversary of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, according to a study by the Japan National ...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan – At the Special Olympics event at this airlift hub in western Tokyo, more than 17 volunteers turned up for every Olympian from the U.S. military and Japanese communities in the ...