The company has long struggled in Europe, where its market share has stagnated around 1% for more than a decade.

The flame will be relocated to a temple, where a museum will also be set up to display items related to the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear disaster.

Police in the U.S. spent about a fifth of their time responding to mental health calls, at a cost of $918 million, in 2017, according to the Treatment Advocacy Center.

As reporters from across the world flocked to Japan, it was local journalists who were the first to arrive at the scene of the disaster and the last to leave.

Human rights groups fear that instead of an extreme example of the violence in Tigray, what happened in Dengolat could turn out to be disturbingly typical.

Deploying ground-based weapons along the first island chain would be intended to deter China from taking military action against Taiwan and over the Senkaku islets.

Future health problems directly linked to radiation exposure from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster are "unlikely to be discernible," a U.N. panel has stated.

Japan is in the process of inoculating some 4.8 million health care workers nationwide before expanding to people age 65 or older in mid-April.

Tokyo reported 340 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, with the daily cases topping 300 for the first time since Friday. Of Wednesday’s new cases in the capital, 73 were people in their 20s, 56 were in their 40s, and 53 people were in their 30s. ...

Concern among the Japanese public over the virus and the proliferation of more contagious variants led to the decision, say sources.

The transfer of the waste to an interim storage site is expected to be completed in the fiscal year starting next month.

Spike in cases likely in May if people don't refrain from gathering for celebrations this spring after the state of emergency is lifted, a University of Tokyo model found.

Shares of the U.S. video game retailer climbed 27% to $246.90, extending its winning streak for a fifth day.

Dirt-cheap fares are popping up from airlines brave enough to expand or start out amid the COVID-19 crisis, as they try to eke out sales and get a jump on competitors that have pared back operations. Airlines worldwide cut $1 billion of expenses a day ...

The figure, which represented an increase of 859 from a week before, was the highest among all sectors in the country, according to the tally released on Tuesday.

The data breach was carried out by an international hacker collective and intended to show the pervasiveness of video surveillance and the ease with which systems could be broken into.

Meghan and Harry's tell-all TV interview with Oprah Winfrey aired on U.S. television on Sunday has plunged the monarchy into its biggest crisis since the 1997 death of Harry's mother Diana.

If Coupang succeeds in its public debut, SoftBank’s windfall could exceed the $11 billion it reported from DoorDash Inc.’s December IPO.

Panasonic is embarking on a corporate revamp that will usher in automotive business head Yuki Kusumi as CEO from April.

The virtual meeting comes amid rising tensions with China, which is seen as flexing its muscle both in trade and security realms.

Linda Burney sees the pattern of discrimination that’s blighted the lives of her people for centuries repeating through the policies of the current conservative government.

The report offers an independent analysis of what legal responsibility Beijing could bear over its actions in the northwestern Xinjiang region.

Buddhist monasteries are usually known as places of solace and meditation. But one in Myanmar’s biggest city became the site of an ugly brawl in the aftermath of the Feb. 1 military coup.

It is difficult to describe just how important 3/11 was in evolving the alliance.

As we commemorate those losses, we must also remember the heroes of that day and those that followed, men and women who scrambled to combat an unfolding catastrophe.

Abrupt decisions, poor information dissemination and a lack of foresight hampered efforts to assist the country through crises.

The triple disaster of 2011 still looms large in the collective memory of those who were in Japan at the time. How society remembers it, though, has been influenced by films, music and art.

Passion for rugby is offering a beacon of hope in the northeastern city of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, after it was ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. "We were able to aim for the same goal, the World Cup," said Yoshihiko Sakuraba, general manager ...

The two teams have forged a close bond that started with an emotional encounter just six weeks after the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Japan will play South Korea in a friendly in Yokohama on March 25, the Japan Football Association announced Thursday, in their first home game since the coronavirus pandemic began. The four-time Asian champion will take on their Korean neighbor at the 72,000-capacity Nissan Stadium, although ...

The American right-hander, who helped the Eagles capture the Japan Series in 2013, vividly remembers the "strength and compassion" shown by those in the region after the disaster.

Rikako Ikee will contest four events at next month's national championships as she continues her comeback from leukemia, her management company said Wednesday. The 20-year-old, who was diagnosed with leukemia in February 2019, will swim the women's 50-meter and 100 freestyle, the 100 butterfly, and ...

The families of athletes competing at the Tokyo Olympics could be barred from entering Japan to watch them, the president of the games has suggested in an interview with local media. The comments came as reports said Japan's government has decided to exclude overseas fans ...

Roger Federer is targeting a third Olympic medal at the Tokyo Games this year, after missing out in 2016 due to injury, as he looks to gain momentum when he returns to the court this week following 13 months on the sidelines with a ...

Center Meyers Leonard will stay away from the Miami Heat indefinitely as the team and the NBA investigate his use of an anti-Semitic slur during a video-game livestream on Tuesday. Leonard issued a public apology as the Heat and the NBA both condemned his earlier ...

With a newly launched cannabis brand and an e-betting endorsement, five-time Pro Bowl running back Marshawn Lynch is building a business empire doing all the things everyone told him not to. Lynch earned the adoration of Seattle Seahawks fans — for whom he hoisted the ...

Cuba called up Norwich City forward Onel Hernandez and 10 other foreign-based players on Tuesday in a historic first for the island nation ahead of World Cup qualifiers against Guatemala and Curacao. Professional sports were barred under former Cuban leader Fidel Castro from 1961 to ...