Snap-happy tourists will be blocked from taking pictures of Japan’s highest mountain Mount Fuji. The extreme move comes in a bid to prevent badly behaved visitors from getting their Insta-worthy image of the famous Japanese landmark. A huge barrier will now be
A team of experts from the U.N. nuclear agency inspected the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant Wednesday for a review of its ongoing discharge of treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific. A temporary blackout at the plant due to a mishap
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake has rocked the island of Shokoku in Japan. The quake occurred off the southwestern coast of the island, according to the US Geological Survey. It happened at around 11:14 p.m. local time. No tsunami warnings have been issued so
Ambassador Rahm Emanuel has urged Japan to increase its involvement in weapon development, production and supply to bolster security. He voiced the necessity of stronger defense industry cooperation between the U.S. and Japan, saying that the U.S. alone cannot supply all democracies.
Turn back the clock a few years and except for some conflicts in the Middle East, the experts were heralding the 21st century as the most peaceful period of history to live. Living conditions were improving around the world, bilateral trade was
A global mega city visited by millions of people every year hides a £1.6bn secret beneath the surface in the shape of a massive underground ‘cathedral’ most people never get to see. As deep underground as one-and-a-half Nelson’s Columns, the Metropolitan Area
A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has held a three-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea as U.S. President Joe Biden met for talks with leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White
The country of Japan is giving the United States 250 new cherry trees, which will replace the hundreds that will be destroyed this summer in Washington, D.C., as part of a construction project around the Tidal Basin. The gift was announced by
Three mariners who had been stranded on a tiny Pacific island for more than a week were rescued in a US Navy and Coast Guard operation after spelling out “Help” on the beach using palm leaves. The three men were found safely
President Biden will meet this week with his Philippine counterpart as the nation continues to face increasing tension over territorial disputes with China, with plans to discuss joint patrols of the region. “Joint patrols are something that we’ve already discussed extensively with