Putin visits Pacific island chain claimed by Japan
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday made his first visit to the Kuril Islands, a…
Takaichi opposes Hormuz fees in phone talks with Iran’s president
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday that it is important to ensure free…
Nagasaki marks 81st atomic bomb anniversary
TOKYO (AP) — Nagasaki marked on Sunday the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern…
Hiroshima marks 81st anniversary of US atomic bombing
TOKYO (AP) — Hiroshima on Thursday marked the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western…
Japan says low-cost combat drones are essential to its defense
TOKYO (AP) — Japan needs to adapt to the new methods of warfare like drones and artificial intelligence…
2 Japan quake victims ordered back into Aeon Mall store to secure cash
Two women who died in an explosion at an Aeon shopping centre following a powerful earthquake in Japan’s…
Death toll from southern Japan quake rises to 36 with a death linked to heat stroke
TOKYO (AP) — An elderly woman who developed heat stroke while taking shelter in a car is the…
Quake survivors in Japan sleep in cars in sweltering heat as death toll rises to 34
YATSUSHIRO, Japan (AP) — Thousands of survivors of a powerful earthquake in southwestern Japan spent Friday in crowded…
Rescuers search for survivors after a 7.1 quake kills 18 in southwestern Japan
KUMAMOTO, Japan (AP) — Soldiers and emergency workers combed through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses…
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake shakes part of southern Japan and a tsunami advisory is issued
TOKYO (AP) — An earthquake registering a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 shook Kumamoto on Japan’s southern main island…
Did China’s Wang Yi and Japan’s Toshimitsu Motegi talk at ASEAN in Manila?
BEIJING (AP) — Did the foreign ministers of China and Japan talk at last week’s ASEAN regional meeting,…
UNESCO adds Greece’s Mount Olympus to World Heritage List
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — World War II’s D-Day landing beaches in northern France and the iconic Mount…