As it faces rising sea levels caused by climate change, the tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru is pursuing an unconventional ...

Japan's Shiho Kuwaki won the Women's British Open after a playoff on Sunday, securing her maiden LPGA Tour title and becoming ...

NEW YORK - The Japanese yen briefly surged to the lower 157 level against the U.S. dollar in New York on Friday, with ...

Lessons from powerful earthquakes a decade ago helped a British man overcome his initial panic when a magnitude 7.1 quake ...

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks to reporters in Tokyo on the morning of Aug. 3, 2026. (Kyodo) TOKYO - Japan and the United States on Friday conducted a coordinated yen-buying ...

Japan failed to reach the final of the men's Volleyball Nations League after losing to 2024 Paris Olympic bronze medalist the United States 3-2 on Saturday.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw a solid three-run ball over eight innings, but was charged with the loss as the Los Angeles Dodgers fell to the Boston Red Sox 3-2 on Saturday.

A woman in her 70s, who according to local officials had been sleeping in her car following Tuesday's powerful earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, died of suspected heatstroke, the ...

A Japanese fireworks manufacturer and a university professor have jointly developed more environmentally friendly fireworks with water-soluble shell casings that naturally dissolve after use, in hopes ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.7 hit Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Saturday, the weather ...

A Filipino staff works her first housekeeping assignment in Musashino, Tokyo, in February 2026. (For editorial use only)(Photo not for sale)(Kyodo) Filipino housekeeping staff ask the best way to use ...