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The Japanese Embassy in Nepal said it has been unable to contact five Japanese nationals after a massive flash flood killed at least 157 people…
There should be no repeat of an accident in which those working for safer railway operation lost their lives after being struck by a train.
The images leave a lasting impression on anyone watching the news: unmanned drones crashing into targeted facilities in the U.S.-Iran conflict o…
Last week, I was walking through Tokyo’s bustling Roppongi district when the rain suddenly began to fall in large, heavy drops.
BEIJING—Chinese dissident artist Gao Zhen, known for making satirical sculptures of former leader Mao Zedong, was handed the maximum three-year…
SAN FRANCISCO—Bill Gates is looking to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this year, eager to propose global efforts to mitigate the…
Two men stole four luxury watches in a brazen smash-and-grab at a watch dealer inside Tokyo’s famed Nakano Broadway shopping complex on Aug. 25,…
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Aug. 25 that U.S. sanctions against International Criminal Court (ICC) President Tomoko Akane were incompatib…
KYOTO—The principal of a high school here was dismissed over the death of a student on a school trip to Okinawa Prefecture.
A new satellite concourse extending from Terminal 1 of Tokyo’s Haneda Airport is scheduled to open on Sept. 1 and will eliminate the need for sh…
WASHINGTON—U.S. CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow on Tuesday for meetings with Russian officials, U.S. media outlets reported, citi…
Tomoko Akane, president of the International Criminal Court, vowed that the ICC, “the last bastion for protecting the rule of law,” would surviv…
TOKYO/ TAIPEI/ NEW DELHI--Donald Trump’s olive branch to North Korea’s Kim Jong Un at the expense of a long-standing ally comes at a pivotal mom…
After coming under heavy fire amid a money scandal, Fukuoka prefectural assembly Speaker Isao Kurauchi resigned his assembly seat on Aug. 25.
HONG KONG/TOKYO/TAIPEI--Widespread floods triggered by heavy rain from Typhoon Narra intensified on Tuesday across southern China, with homes a…
The financial industry is entering a new era of risk as advanced artificial intelligence models, such as Claude Mythos, gain the ability to expo…
PALEMBANG, Indonesia—Authorities in Indonesia’s South Sumatra, the province with the highest number of wildfire hot spots, turned to spiritual m…
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump is moving toward levying a new tariff on China that would penalize the world’s second-largest economy for floo…