A large, powerful typhoon is expected to approach Japan's southern regions of Okinawa and Amami. People in those areas are ...

Thai human rights commissioners have visited Soga Hitomi, a Japanese national who was abducted by North Korea and eventually ...

Atomic bomb survivor Yahata Teruko wants to ensure her memories have just as much staying power. She's using all means ...

At 89-years-old, Yahata Teruko is as passionate as ever about sharing her memories of the atomic bomb and her family's ...

Two Ukrainian artists have painted the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a store shutter to express fears of a nuclear attack on ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on his country's allies to provide more air defense missiles, saying ...

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 stock index fell on Thursday as some investors took profits on semiconductor-related shares that had been ...

The US has been expanding trade restrictions on China, and now authorities in Beijing say they are taking countermeasures.

Iran and Oman are nearing an agreement on a shipping route in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson ...

Setsuko Thurlow survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. As a "hibakusha," she has campaigned for the abolition of nuclear ...

Japan's industry ministry has disclosed that the massive explosion at a shopping mall in Kumamoto Prefecture following a ...

A brewmaster in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, is reviving a special craft beer from his hometown. He hopes to brew new ...