Several feared trapped in collapsed shopping mall after 7.1-magnitude earthquake in Japan TOKYO — Several people are trapped inside a shopping mall that partially collapsed in an explosion…
Read more Japan earthquake: Several feared trapped in collapsed shopping mallAn earthquake registering a magnitude of 7.1 shook Kumamoto on Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu late Tuesday afternoon, causing damage and injuries, officials said. The second floor…
Read more Japan was hit by a strong earthquake and officials warned residents to watch for what comes nextSEOUL, July 7 (Reuters) – A commentary carried by North Korean state media KCNA on Tuesday criticised Japan’s military expansion, saying its overseas aggression was “not hypothetical but…
Read more North Korea State Media Says Japan Overseas Aggression Is Reality, Not HypotheticalTAIPEI, July 5 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s military has resumed “anti-communist” patriotic classes for its graduates after a quarter-century gap, the defence ministry said on Sunday, citing a rising…
Read more Taiwan Military Resumes ‘Anti-Communist’ Classes for Graduates, Citing Chinese ThreatBEIJING, Feb 27 (Reuters) – China’s military said on Friday it conducted a routine patrol in the South China Sea from February 23 to 26, and accused the…
Read more China Conducts Patrol in South China Sea, Accuses Philippines of ‘Disrupting’ PeaceRoki Sasaki wanted to play for the reigning World Baseball Classic champions Samurai Japan in this year’s global tournament. He was part of the Japanese team that took…
Read more Roki Sasaki rocked after Dodgers shut down Samurai Japan WBC hopesFeb 23 (Reuters) – Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to India, Australia, and Japan, from February 26 to March 7, the Canadian government said on Monday.…
Read more Canada’s Carney to Visit India, Australia, and JapanSEOUL, Feb 22 (Reuters) – South Korea on Sunday protested a Japanese government event commemorating a cluster of disputed islands between the two countries, calling the move an…
Read more South Korea Protests Japanese Event Over Disputed IslandsTAIPEI, Feb 15 (Reuters) – China is the real threat to security and is hypocritically claiming to uphold U.N. principles of peace, Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said…
Read more China Is the Real Threat, Taiwan Says in Rebuff to Munich SpeechJapanese automaker Isuzu Motors will relocate heavy-duty truck production from Fujisawa to Ageo as part of a domestic manufacturing reorganisation. The move supports preparations for the 2028 launch…
Read more Japan’s Isuzu to shift heavy-duty truck production to Ageo PlantIlia Malinin beat Japanese rival Shun Sato in a head-to-head showdown at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Sunday night, helping the U.S. defend its team figure skating gold…
Read more Ilia Malinin’s stunning free skate secures US figure skating team gold at Milan Cortina OlympicsNew details have emerged regarding Japan’s H3 rocket failure last month, revealing the strange way its payload—a navigation satellite—was lost prior to reaching its target orbit. Japan Aerospace…
Read more Japan Botched a Satellite Launch in One of the Weirdest Ways PossibleTOKYO, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Northern and western parts of Japan face more heavy snowstorms later this week, the weather agency said on Thursday, as lawmakers campaign in…
Read more Japan Braces for More Heavy Snowstorms as Midwinter Election NearsSEOUL, Jan 23 (Reuters) – U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for policy Elbridge Colby will visit South Korea from Sunday to Tuesday and discuss military alliance issues before…
Read more Senior US Defence Official Colby to Visit South Korea and Japan Next Week, Yonhap SaysAs PC components like RAM continue to be gobbled up by AI hyperscalers, leading to higher prices and limited supplies, a large electronics store in Japan is running…
Read more Store Running Low On Gaming PCs Begs People To Sell RigsTOKYO, Jan 9 (Reuters) – The Japanese public now sees China’s growing military power as the country’s leading security concern, overtaking the threat posed by North Korean nuclear…
Read more China Tops Japanese Public’s Security Worries in Latest Government PollPatty Chan’s love affair with Japan began 55 years ago, when she was a high school student in the San Francisco Bay Area and visited for the first…
Read more An American Couple Explored Japan for a Diamond in the RoughBRUSSELS, Jan 6 (Reuters) – Finance ministers from the Group of Seven nations will meet in Washington on January 12 to discuss rare earths supplies, three sources familiar…
Read more G7 Finance Ministers to Meet in Washington to Discuss Rare Earths, Three Sources SayTOKYO, Jan 6 (Reuters) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 hit western Japan on Tuesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The epicenter of the earthquake…
Read more Magnitude 6.2 Quake Strikes Western JapanA woman died and six other people were hospitalized in Tokyo after choking on mochi, a chewy rice cake that in recent years has killed and hospitalized hundreds…
Read more Woman chokes to death on mochi rice cake as fatal New Year’s trend continues in Japan
