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Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako traveled to the city to commemorate the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing.

There are currently around 1,000 Japanese people in Israel and 280 in Iran, according to the Foreign Ministry.

No formal celebrations are planned in junta-held parts of Myanmar, but followers in military-controlled Mandalay city staged a spontaneous p...

Korda arrived in Texas this week still chasing her first title of 2025 after a dominant season last year that included seven wins.

The two companies aim to launch the new company, Sofy East Africa, in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi in December.

The number of fatalities and missing persons in 2024 stood at 300, a decrease of 35 from the previous year.

DeepSeek’s breakthrough artificial intelligence model earlier this year demonstrated how China could still advance even with export controls...

Nine other major power suppliers and four major city gas providers are also likely to considerably reduce their rates.

Public access to some buildings at the Blue House will be restricted from mid-July as the new president moves in.

U.S. authorities issued orders to put up notices for exhibitions, movies and others that are deemed to disparage U.S. history.

Part docudrama, part recognition of unsung crisis responders, “Frontline — Yokohama Bay” looks back at the ship that warned a nation: COVID-...

The increase in visitors during May was driven by travelers from China, Taiwan and the United States, who visited for holidays and on cruise...

On June 23, Japan’s southernmost prefecture commemorates the end of the Battle of Okinawa, among the bloodiest ground battles of World War I...

NATO will hold a crucial summit in The Hague next week to discuss increasing defense spending to 5% of gross domestic product.

Wales travels to Japan having lost 17 straight tests — a record for a major nation — since it last enjoyed a victory.

Some of Trump's biggest Republican allies are in the unusual position of being at odds with a president who largely shares their isolationis...

The U.S. president approved an attack on Iran but held back to see if Tehran would meet his demands to abandon its nuclear program.

Around 12 students will be selected by lottery from volunteers to participate in the upcoming session.

Under a new agreement, the banks will send information on suspicious accounts directly to the police instead of channeling it through the Fi...

The decision to release the map comes as concerns grow over Beijing’s apparent efforts to alter the status quo in the region.

At least 30 flights were canceled due to Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki in the east of Indonesia’s Flores island erupting.

The two sides held talks in Phnom Penh over the weekend, which Thailand said had made progress, but the border row shows little sign of dyin...

Safety fears have led many Taiwanese manufacturers to turn to less politically sensitive locales such as Vietnam and Thailand.

The Tokyo District Court held the government responsible over the deterioration of health of the two men — an Iranian and a Turkish — at an...

The blast was the Japanese slugger's 18th of the season.