Sixty-five religious women from Asia and Oceania concluded an eight-day conference with a commitment to deepening their spiritual bonds and strengthening cross-cultural and international cooperation ...

Guinness World Records has certified two Japanese sisters as the world’s oldest living identical twins at 107, in an announcement Monday coinciding with Respect for the Aged Day, a national holiday in ...

After a three-year hiatus because of COVID-19, Pensacola and its Japanese sister city, Gero, have resumed student exchange visits just in time to mark the program's 30th anniversary. The ...

The Sister City Support Organization (SCSO), in cooperation with Oak Ridge Schools, has selected the delegates for the 2024 middle school exchange with the sister city of Naka-shi, Japan. The 29-year ...

COLUMBIA – A delegation from Columbia's sister city in Japan, Hakusan City, will start a four-day visit to mid-Missouri on Monday. The delegation includes Hakusan City's mayor and 11 others; the visit ...

The cover of "Kakigori Summer" beside author Emily Itami. (Courtesy of HarperCollins Publishers) Emily Itami’s book “Kakigori Summer” centers around three “haafu,” or half-Japanese, sisters who return ...

A delegation of 10 Japanese leaders and citizens from Tokai-mura, Japan, was welcomed in Idaho Falls for a weeklong exchange commemorating the 42-year Sister Cities bond between the two municipalities ...

Good morning. I'm Rachel Martin. Congratulations to Umeno Sumiyama and Koume Kodama. They have been certified as the world's oldest living identical twins by Guinness World Records. Born in Japan on ...