The revised succession law enacted by Japan’s Parliament in July lifts a ban on the adoption of male offspring from extremely distant former royal families.

“Trace” uses landscape photography to comment on the experiences of Japanese Americans incarcerated in camps during World War ...

A Greek air force jet crashed at an aerial show north of Athens, starting a fire that sent large plumes of black smoke into ...

Did demons create the first atomic bombs? Every August, debate renews over both the wisdom and the morality of dropping the two American atomic bombs, 81 years ago, on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima ...

Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial have been struggling to agree on a verdict following a trial over whether she should be ...

The Bank of England must raise interest rates or risk losing market confidence, the central bank’s chief economist has said.

Oil prices sank Thursday after Donald Trump suggested the latest US attacks against Iran would likely be short-lived. The ...

A fire broke out Thursday during the demolition of an earthquake-damaged chimney at a paper factory in Japan’s southwestern ...

Soccer teams across Argentina will pay tribute to Lionel Messi with a mid-game minute of applause during their next match ...

Asian shares were mostly higher in early Friday trading, as regional market sentiment got a boost from the rally on Wall ...

Oil prices have slipped after recent gains, with Brent crude trading near $95 a barrel. Asian shares advanced on Thursday and ...

On March 9–10, 1945, Tokyo was consumed by a firestorm as B-29s dropped incendiaries over the city. The “black snow” of ash ...