A bag manufacturer here has developed and is selling a backpack that can be converted into a life jacket during emergencies.

The 51st Toronto International Film Festival is underway, with steady parades of premieres running like traffic jams through ...

Japan's weather agency on Saturday raised the volcanic alert level for Mt. Tokachi on Japan's northernmost main island of ...

More than half a million Russian troops have been killed in Ukraine since the start of Moscow's full-scale invasion in ...

In Germany, some parents have named their babies "Ikea," "Fanta" and "Chanel." These are names of a big furniture shop, a ...

Saudi Arabia said Friday it shut down a major pipeline a day after it was attacked by drones, and Yemen's Iranian-backed ...

Shota Imanaga reached double figures in wins as the Chicago Cubs clobbered the Pittsburgh Pirates 12-2 on Friday, while ...

An exhibition currently being held in Tokyo traces the history of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb ...

During her 12-day stay in Nikko, Isabella Bird made an overnight trip to Yumoto Onsen in the mountains of Oku-Nikko. It was ...

North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Saturday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said, ...

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The Los Angeles Dodgers placed Shohei Ohtani on the 15-day injured list Friday due to right bicep inflammation.