Terrified by explosions shaking their homes in Tehran and other cities, tens of thousands of Iranians have packed up and left, finding refuge in small, remote towns to wait out massive bombardment by ...

His face and body resemble those of a newborn. Yet the Baby Jesus statue towers 16 feet (5 meters) tall and travels across ...

Greed, arrogance and power were the driving forces behind four men charged in the U.S. for the 2021 assassination of Haiti’s last elected president, Jovenel Moïse, prosecutors said Tuesday during ...

Russian and Ukrainian officials made rival claims of battlefield successes in their 4-year-old war, with Ukraine saying it pushed Moscow’s forces back across places on the front line and the Kremlin ...

WAKKANAI, Hokkaido — The Japan Cup 2026 40th Dogsled Race was held on Feb. 21 and 22 at the Onuma special venue in Wakkanai, Hokkaido. Participants competed in a total of 12 events categorized based ...

The JR Joban Line suspended its services between Shinagawa and Toride stations due to an accident between Nippori and Mikawashima stations at about 10:07 a.m. on Wednesday. Add TheJapanNews to your ...

Traditional reindeer racing that’s been delighting spectators for decades in Finland brought hundreds of fans to the Salla Reindeer Cup in the town of Salla this past weekend.

A total of 78% of respondents said they were interested in reconstruction efforts in the areas hit by the Great East Japan Earthquake, according to a recent survey by The Yomiuri Shimbun.

Samurai Japan beat South Korea 8-6 on Saturday in its second game in the World Baseball Classic championships at Tokyo Dome ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. is still groping for ways to rebuild itself, even as Wednesday marks the 15th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 that caused the ...

Finance ministers from the Group of Seven advanced nations held an emergency online meeting on Monday night Japan time, in response to the surge in crude oil prices following the U.S. and Israeli ...