TOKYO: A fire broke out near the engine room of a bus travelling from Shinjuku to Lake Yamanaka in Yamanashi Prefecture on the Chuo Expressway in Hino, Tokyo, at around 9am on Wednesday (Feb 18) ...

Authorities will attempt to recover the bodies, the local fire department said. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

At the Tokyo Wan Vessel Traffic Service Center, four teams of 20 marine traffic controllers monitor the hundreds of vessels ...

Mayor Joshua Marsh presented his 2026 State of the City address during a luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club of Monday at The ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to oust one of his top advisers, Col. David Butler, who was also a spokesperson for Gen. Mark Milley when he was the chair of the ...

On a remote volcanic island in Japan, a former residence for elderly firefighters now sits abandoned. Built to house those who once protected their communities, the structure remains exposed to harsh ...

Kerosene for heaters was contaminated with gasoline at a gas station in this central Japan city and sold to customers, possibly resulti ...

After the removal of their chief and assistant chief one month prior, the Fountain Lake community and volunteer firefighters ...

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell about 1% on Tuesday following a U.S. national holiday, while most markets in Asia were closed for Lunar New Year holidays. U.S. futures ...

The crushing victory of the Japanese LDP and incumbent PM Sanae Takaichi has opened the way to drastic reforms in Japanese, ...

At least there are no tech majors reporting this week, leaving humble Walmart to steal the show. Walmart expects annual sales to rise between 4.8% and 5.1%, and they need to be at the top of that ...