The country's third largest lake is home to many beautiful rocky and sandy beaches, though water temperatures are chilly—rarely topping 73 degrees Fahrenheit, even in summer. You'll find ...

They see its disappearance as a bad omen. By Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Suwa, Japan For at least six centuries, residents along a lake in the mountains of central Japan have ...

In Modern Slavery (a book co-authored with Zoe Trodd and Alex Kent Williamson), Bales points to three factors to make the case that the Laogai system is a form of state-sponsored human ...