A second, more powerful quake rocked southern Cuba on Sunday, U.S. geologists said, shortly after a first shallow tremor that ...

When an earthquake occurred on Sept. 24 in the waters near Torishima island, it set off a sense of urgency at the Japan Meteorological Agency office in Tokyo, nearly 600 kilometers north.

A strong earthquake hit off the West Coast of the United States on Wednesday, geologists said, but no tsunami alert was ...

A United Nations committee has renewed a call for Japan to revise its legal requirement that married couples use the same surname. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women ...

declaring the islands are Chinese territory and telling them to leave. Mr. Irabu said fishing around Senkaku is attractive and the waters contain lucrative red snapper. He supports Japan’s ...

About 600 troops are being posted to Ishigaki, one of Japan’s most southern inhabited islands. Also deployed are cutting-edge guided-missile batteries intended to stop threats approaching by sea ...

A 2023 fling was so memorable that a French mayor is asking for a long-distance relationship with the District of Hope. But the BC municipality needs time to work on itself. Last month, Eric ...

Japan’s economy, though not growing by leaps and bounds, has inched back from the disruptions of the Covid-19 pandemic. The emergence of long-sought inflation has given the Bank of Japan room to ...

By Motoko Rich Kiuko Notoya and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Tokyo Japan’s governing party lost its majority in parliamentary elections on Sunday, as voters delivered an emphatic rejection of the ...

TOKYO: Japan's ruling coalition is set to lose its parliamentary majority, exit polls for Sunday's (Oct 27) general election showed, raising uncertainty over the make-up of the government of the ...

A powerful typhoon pounded Japan and some of its eastern islands ... Typhoon Mindulle was near one of the Izu Islands off Tokyo’s southern coast, moving northeast at a speed of about 35 ...

Japan's Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi has expressed concern about the Israeli attack on Iran that took place on Saturday. In a statement, Iwaya said, "Japan is deeply concerned about the ...