Just before the outbreak of the First World War, one visionary Japanese naval officer ...

The Yamato Museum in this western Japan city reopened on April 23 after a year of renovation, featuring an upgraded one-tenth ...

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On April 7, 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Yamato — the largest battleship ever built, displacing nearly 72,000 ...

KURE, Hiroshima Prefecture—The Yamato Museum’s first major renovation project will expand the facility so that it can display such items as the mammoth lathe used to construct the main guns of the ...

Yamato Kogyo Co. Ltd. (5444.TO) Japan Year Ended March 31 GROUP 2026 2025 Revenue Y160.39 bln Y168.27 bln Operating Profit Y4.50 bln Y11.49 bln Pretax Profit Y65.24 bln Y54.40 bln Net Profit Y62.39 ...

Imperial Japan’s Yamato-class battleships were the biggest battleships ever built—massive 72,000-ton beasts armed with the largest naval guns ever mounted on a warship, capable of hurling 3,220-pound ...

Originally thought to be several laid together, the exceptionally long sword unearthed from the Tomio Maruyama burial mound ...

Despite having performed for a prime minister of Japan, as well as the country’s emperor and empress, Takumi Kato says he still had his share of nerves when it came to drumming for ...

Recently, neighboring countries including Russia and South Korea have also voiced condemnation over a series of dangerous ...

Dang Dang Noodles has opened at Nāpili Plaza, adding a new locally owned dining concept to the shopping center’s growing mix ...

A wooden plaque showing the name of Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is seen with a "masakaki" tree that Kishida sent as ...