Thousands of people were filling the streets of San Francisco's Japantown for the 58th annual Cherry Blossom Festival. The event is a big boost to some small business owners that have been struggling.

Drinking coffee in the morning could improve a person's heart health, a US study has found. The Prime Minister has announced more relief for flood-affected towns in western Queensland. Anthony ...

There's a whole new parasol to pick up in Final Fantasy XIV, as one was added for the 2025 FFXIV Hatching-tide Easter event.

When it rains it pours in Japan, so you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone not walking around with an umbrella when rain clouds gather ... force was also concentrated in the small tip of parasols, ...

For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its disappearance as a bad omen. By Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Suwa ...

For a country as safe and orderly as Japan, the terrorist attack was an unimaginable shock. It came just two months after the Great Hanshin earthquake, a 6.9-magnitude disaster that killed more ...

PARIS—Two weeks after Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron descended 20 stories beneath Paris to send a message to Moscow. He entered France’s nuclear ...