At Koga Falls in the city of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, the water flowing down the falls has frozen completely again this year ...

Aso added that deterrence only works for a country once others believe that it will likely strike back when attacked. In its campaign platform, the LDP pledged to beef up Japan’s defense ...

Finance Minister Taro Aso is taking criticism for ... without extreme measures such as imposing city-wide “lockdowns” as other countries have. “Japan is one of the handful of advanced ...

Said to be founded 2,300 years ago in 282 BCE, Aso Jinja is one of Japan’s most prestigious shrines.