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The US, Japanese, and Philippine leaders will discuss the security and freedom of navigation in the South China Sea at their first-ever trilateral summit in Washington, DC, scheduled for April 11, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Wednesday. more
Ukraine-born Japanese beauty pageant winner Karolina Shiino relinquishes title over affairs with married man

Ukraine-born Japanese beauty pageant winner Karolina Shiino relinquished her title after a tabloid reported her alleged affair with a married man.

Japan to release 54,600 tons of Fukushima nuclear wastewater in 2024

The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), has announced a plan to release around 54,600 tons of nuclear-contaminated water ...

I was on it, all passengers were safe: Flier posts on X after Japan Airlines flight burst into flames in Tokyo

A man, who claimed he was on the Japanese Airlines flight which burst into flame at  Haneda airport in Tokyo, said all passengers in the aeroplane were safe.

Tsunami waves hits Japan following magnitude 7.5 earthquake

An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter Scale hit Japan on Monday (January 1, 2024), triggering tsunami waves to hit the northern coast of central Japan.

US: Buddha statue, worth USD 1.5 million, stolen from Los Angeles art gallery

A daring heist was caught on camera recently where an old Japanese Buddha statue, which is worth $1.5 million, was stolen from a Los Angeles art gallery, media reports said.

Japan: IAEA monitoring treated water release from Fukushima nuclear plant

Japan has begun discharging treated radioactive wastewater from the disabled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station into the Pacific Ocean, 12 years on from the major meltdown there, the ...

US, Japan, S Korea to confirm commitments to security in Taiwan Strait

Washington: Leaders of the United States, South Korea and Japan, during their trilateral meeting in Camp David on Friday, will confirm their commitments to the security in the Taiwan Stra ...

Guterres warns against nuclear catastrophe risk in message to Nagasaki memorial

UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for countries to recommit to eliminating nuclear weapons in his message to mark the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the Japan ...

Japan: 5 killed in bus, truck collision in Hokkaido

Tokyo: Five people died after a bus collided with a truck in Japan's northern prefecture of Hokkaido on Sunday, according to local authorities.