Sato served as mayor of the town in Miyagi Prefecture for 20 years, but since stepping down in November has been delivering ...

Quality, Japanese-built used vessels command high prices, and transport disruptions due to the Iran war have further boosted ...

Both Bahrain and Washington have blamed an Iranian drone attack for the March 9 blast, which the Gulf kingdom said injured 32 ...

The Nikkei 225 fell over 3.1% in early Monday trading while the broader Topix dropped as much as 2.7%, with skyrocketing oil ...

Iran has threatened to target desalination plants in the Middle East, which are essential to one of the driest regions in the ...

The tit-for-tat strikes could further rattle markets and threaten the livelihoods of millions who rely on desalination plants ...

Efforts to thin forests and breed low-pollen cedar advance, even as labor gaps and neglected land complicate the work.

The city, which suffered a U.S. atomic bombing in the closing days of World War II, identified the victim as Hatsue Kajiyama, who died at the age of 13.

Concerns have been raised over a possible chilling effect on newsgathering and the hindering of accountability journalism.

The attacks on critical energy facilities in Gulf countries have exacerbated a global oil and gas supply picture already upended by the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

The country's usual playbook has failed this time, putting policymakers ⁠in a quandary as the Middle East war adds a new layer of uncertainty.

Zorro Ranch, a New Mexico property where Epstein spent about two months a year, was allegedly a hub in his sex trafficking network and is being searched for the first time.