In Japan, bobtail cats are considered good luck and Nagasaki is the place to find them. They are known as “omagari neko (bent ...

If you’re up late on Saturday and want to hear some powerful classical music, the St. Paul Civic Symphony will renew St. Paul’s sister city relationship with Nagasaki, Japan, by performing a ...

Catholic bishops in Japan have urged the complete abolition of nuclear weapons, reminding the world of the deadly experiences ...

The Battle of Okinawa was the bloodiest fight in the Pacific theater in World War II, with tens of thousands killed across ...

On this small island in rural Nagasaki, Japan’s Hidden Christians gather to worship what they call the Closet God.

Emperor Naruhito has repeatedly stressed the importance to remember and keep telling the tragedy of the war to younger ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has paid respects to atomic bombing victims in Hiroshima as the city marks the 80th anniversary of ...

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IKITSUKI, Japan (AP) — On this small island in rural Nagasaki, Japan ’s Hidden Christians gather to worship what they call the Closet God. In a special room about the size of a tatami mat is a ...

A stray bobtail cat rests at a park in Nagasaki, southern Japan, on April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) A stray bobtail cat rests at a park in Nagasaki, southern Japan, on April 26 ...