Rescuers race against time in search for survivors in Japan after powerful...
SUZU, Japan — Japanese rescuers searched urgently through rubble for survivors Wednesday ahead of predicted bitter cold and heavy rain in what the prime minister called a race against time after...
View ArticleNew Year's Day quake in Japan revives the trauma of triple disasters in 2011
SUZU, Japan — The powerful earthquake that shattered the peace of New Year’s Day in central Japan did not spur massive tsunamis like those that scoured the Pacific coast in 2011, killing nearly 20,000...
View ArticleScenes of loss play out across Japan's western coastline after quake kills...
SUZU, Japan (AP) — His face hidden under a humble straw hat, the man stood silent, watching several helmeted rescue workers carefully lift his wife's body from the rubble, wrapped in blue plastic on a...
View ArticleDeath toll from western Japan earthquakes rises to 126 as rain and snow...
WAJIMA, Japan — Aftershocks threatened to bury more homes and block roads crucial for relief shipments, as the death toll from the earthquakes that rattled Japan’s western coastline this past week rose...
View ArticleA woman in her 90s is rescued alive 5 days after Japan's deadly earthquake
WAJIMA, Japan — A woman in her 90s was pulled alive from a collapsed house in western Japan late Saturday, 124 hours after a major quake slammed the region, killing at least 126 people, toppling...
View ArticleJapan quake survivors forced from homes face exhaustion as country mourns at...
WAJIMA, Japan (AP) — Thousands of people made homeless overnight are living in weariness and uncertainty on the western coast of Japan a week after a powerful earthquake left at least 168 dead and...
View ArticleJapanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa visits Poland to strengthen ties with...
WARSAW, Poland — Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa met with top officials in Poland on Monday to strengthen ties with the NATO nation, which borders Ukraine.Kamikawa conferred with Foreign...
View ArticleFumio Kishida vows funds to Japan quake-hit zone as worry over diseases in...
TOKYO — Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he was “speechless” by the severity and immense destruction of the disaster zone he saw during the helicopter ride on his first visit to the country's...
View ArticleFukushima nuclear plant operator says it has no new safety concerns after...
TOKYO — The operator of the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan said Tuesday it has no new safety worries and envisions no changes to the plant’s decommissioning plans even after a...
View ArticleJapan becomes the fifth country to land spacecraft on the moon, joins elite...
TOKYO — Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the moon when one of its spacecrafts without astronauts successfully made a soft landing on the lunar surface early Saturday.However, space...
View ArticleJapan space agency says its lunar spacecraft is on the moon, but is still...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s space agency said early Saturday that its spacecraft is on the moon, but is still "checking its status." More details will be given at a news conference, officials said.The Smart...
View ArticleHundreds of vehicles trapped on Japanese expressway with more heavy snow...
TOKYO — Weather officials in Japan predicted more heavy snow Thursday, a day after nearly 800 vehicles were trapped for hours on an expressway in central Japan.The 6-kilometer (4-mile) traffic jam...
View ArticleJapan's precision lunar lander has hit its target, but it appears to be...
TOKYO — Japan’s space agency said Thursday that its first lunar mission hit the tiny patch of the moon's surface it was aiming for, in a successful demonstration of its pinpoint landing system -...
View ArticleRoki Sasaki says he wants to play in MLB but Japanese pitcher won't say when...
TOKYO — Pitcher Roki Sasaki is the next big thing out of Japanese baseball. It's just not clear when he will make it to Major League Baseball.The 22-year-old Sasaki just signed a contract for the...
View ArticleKim Jong-un supervises tests of cruise missiles designed to be fired from...
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un supervised test firings of new cruise missiles designed to be launched from submarines and also reviewed efforts to build a nuclear-powered...
View Article'Key test': Japan's clash with church seen as a pivotal moment for religious...
The bedrock principle of religious liberty faces a historic test right now in Japan, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich told an audience at a major summit in Washington this week, warning that a...
View ArticleNorth Korea tests more cruise missiles as leader Kim Jong-un calls for war...
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s military said it detected North Korea firing multiple cruise missiles into waters off its western coast Friday, adding to a provocative run of weapons testing in the...
View ArticleJunya Ito removed from Japan squad at Asian Cup amid sexual assault claims he...
TOKYO — Junya Ito has been removed from Japan’s squad at the Asian Cup by the Japanese Football Association in the midst of sexual assault allegations that he has denied, Japan's Kyodo news agency...
View ArticleJapanese Embassy says Taylor Swift will make it back to the Super Bowl
TOKYO — Taylor Swift, who is holding concerts in Japan through Feb. 10, will make it in time for the Super Bowl to see her partner and football superstar Travis Kelce play.To make sure all her fans...
View ArticleIn Japan, reports of a new data hack accelerate the tilt against China
SEOUL, South Korea — Japan revealed Monday that its foreign ministry had been the target of what it said was a Chinese cyberattack, one day after Japanese and U.S. forces, engaging in a joint drill,...
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