For decades, Japanese society prized harmony over confrontation. That same culture made women’s ambition seem unfeminine.

Yahoo Japan has beaten Yahoo to the blogosphere. Yahoo Japan, owned mostly by Softbank and partly by Yahoo, on Tuesday launched a test, or "beta," version of Yahoo Japan Blogs, a free service that ...

Eighty years ago, the Empire of Japan had one of the world’s most powerful navies, and its armies began a massive campaign against much of Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific. Its territory ...