President Lai Ching-te vowed in his New Year's address on Thursday to bolster Taiwan's defense capabilities, accusing China ...

A huge version of the Mona Lisa is one of several famous art pieces being re-created for a theme park's illumination event in ...

Efforts to visualize gender inequalities at the local level have been under way in countries like Britain and Japan to help ...

Safari Martins leads his client Ian Njenga into a sparse shack on the rural roadside in Kiambu, at the edge of metropolitan ...

Around half of hot spring inns on the Noto Peninsula in central Japan remain closed two years after a strong earthquake on ...

Japan on Jan. 1 marked two years since a powerful earthquake rocked the Noto Peninsula in central Japan, killing over 200 ...

Chieko Kiriake, 96, is the oldest atomic bomb survivor still giving talks about their bombing experiences here in this city.

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A federal appeals court ruling on New Year's Eve blocked Hawaii from enforcing a climate change tourist tax on cruise ships ...

The U.S. military said Wednesday it struck five alleged drug-smuggling boats over two days, killing a total of eight people ...

Japan's economy is likely to fall behind India's in 2026 to fifth place in the world, according to an International Monetary ...

Jakarta ranked as the world's largest city with 41.9 million inhabitants followed by Dhaka, while Tokyo slipped to third ...