World Jul 18 Man sets fire to anime studio in Japan, killing 33 Most of the victims were workers at Kyoto Animation, known for mega-hit stories featuring high school girls, with places featured in the stories even becoming "pilgrimage sites" for their fans.
World Jun 07 U.S. and Russia blame each other in near-collision of warships The U.S. 7th Fleet said a Russian destroyer put the safety of the USS Chancellorsville and its crew at risk, forcing it to reverse all engines at full throttle to avoid a collision.
World May 28 Man stabs schoolgirls in Japan, killing 2 The suspect was captured but died from a self-inflicted slash in his neck.
World Apr 29 Japan’s emperor is abdicating. What happens now? Japan's 85-year-old Emperor Akihito ends his three-decade reign on Tuesday when he abdicates to his son Crown Prince Naruhito.
World Dec 26 Japan to resume commercial whaling, but not in Antarctic Japan announced Wednesday that it is leaving the International Whaling Commission to resume commercial hunts for the animals for the first time in 30 years, but said it would no longer go to the Antarctic for its much-criticized annual killings.
World Dec 06 1 dead, 5 missing after U.S. military planes collide off coast of Japan The Marine Corps said an F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet and a KC-130 Hercules refueling aircraft collided during training at about 2 a.m. after taking off from their base in Iwakuni, near Hiroshima.
World Oct 06 Pompeo seeks allied unity on North Korea denuke effort TOKYO — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pledged Saturday that the Trump administration’s effort to get North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons would be fully coordinated with allies Japan and South Korea, as he prepared to travel…
World Sep 06 Big quake hits northern Japan, leaving 9 dead, 30 missing In the town of Atsuma, where entire hillsides collapsed, rescuers used small backhoes and shovels to search for survivors under the tons of earth that tumbled down steep mountainsides.
World Jul 09 Rescuers search for dozens still missing after Japan floods Rescuers in southwestern Japan dug up more bodies Monday as they searched for dozens still missing after heavy rains caused severe flooding and left residents to return to their homes unsure where to start the cleanup.
World Jun 10 Worried, hopeful and wary: Neighbors await Kim-Trump summit North Korea’s East Asia neighbors — Japan, China and South Korea — have a shared goal of denuclearizing the peninsula, but what may come out of Tuesday’s summit in Singapore between President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un…