Japanese politician Mizuho Fukushima (C) attends a protest against the disposal of radiation-contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant complex. The demonstration took place ...
TOKYO — Makoto Ohashi, a sergeant first class in Japan”s bomb squad, said a prayer just before he twisted off the fuse from a 500-pound shell from World War II. “This always gives me the jitters,” the ...
Japan’s population is one of the fastest-aging and declining in the world. The working-age population fell by 4.6 million from 2012-2017, from 80.6 million to 76 million. There have been some ...
The world premiere of the all-new 2024 Land Cruiser was truly encompassing, with simultaneous online launches in North America, Europe, Australia, and Japan. Toyota ensured that and even brought home ...
Japan's drive to vaccinate its population ahead of the 2021 Olympics may be faltering among its young people, but it is on track to fully inoculate its 36 million senior citizens, according to ...
A gold-framed black-and-white photo shows a smiling man in an Army Air Forces uniform, his cheeks still chubby with youth. The picture was taken in 1944 when Fiske Hanley was commissioned as a second ...
Ray Everson still remembers, clear as the sky was that afternoon 70 years ago today on Okinawa, the sound coming from far off in the distance. “ ‘The war is over,’ they kept saying. ‘The war is over,’ ...
TOKYO - Japan's nuclear safety agency says 70 percent of the nuclear fuel rods in an earthquake-stricken reactor may have been damaged following an explosion. An agency spokesman, Minoru Ohgoda, said ...
Ben Nicks, 96, of Shawnee is a retired Trans World Airlines executive with six children, eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. David Eulitt [email protected] Seventy years ago this week, ...
In Japan, he's "Gojira" — a name derived from the Japanese words "gorira," meaning gorilla, and "kujira," meaning whale. In America, he's "Godzilla" — a name ...
A Creek Nation veteran from Sapulpa is visiting the country that held him captive during World War II. Phillip Coon was a Corporal in the U.S. Army's 31st Infantry when he was taken prisoner while ...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's nuclear safety agency says 70 percent of the nuclear fuel rods in an earthquake-stricken reactor may have been damaged following an explosion. An agency spokesman, Minoru Ohgoda, ...