April 1945. The Pacific War had decisively turned in favour for the United States. During the waning days of that month, the ...

One person was rescued from a sinking boat in the Delaware Bay on Monday after high seas caused the boat to take on water, officials with the Downe Township fire and rescue squad said. Around 6:30 p.m ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, pharmacist, tax accountant, bus driver, chef. Name the profession, and Japan ...

Agencies U.S. Stock Futures Today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq Hold Steady Amid AI Bubble Concerns and Gold's Record Surge U.S. stock futures today are flat as investors tread cautiously. The Dow, S&P 500, ...

Minesweeper tender JS Uraga (MST-463) and destroyer JS Sawagiri (DD-157) practice minelaying south of the Sakishima Islands, Oct 3, 2025. Joint Staff Office of the Japan Self-Defense Forces photo ...

Earlier this year (March 2011), Japan was hit by one of the biggest and most deadly earthquakes in living memory; this eerily prophetic film from 2006 portrays a similar event in its opening scenes, ...

TOKYO— In a country that ranks poorly internationally for gender equality, the new president of Japan's long-governing Liberal Democrats, and likely next prime minister, is an ultra-conservative star ...

“She was doomed, no ship built by human hands could have withstood the strain.” When polar explorer Ernest Shackleton wrote this journal entry on October 27, 1915, his dreams of reaching Antarctica ...

WELLINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - The New Zealand government said on Monday it would pay the Samoan government 10 million Samoa tala ($3.51 million) following the sinking of a Royal New Zealand Navy ...

TOKYO, Oct 5 (Reuters) - With Sanae Takaichi set to become Japan's prime minister, advancing expansionist economic policies, chances have risen that the central bank will avoid raising interest rates ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

SAN ANTONIO – Japanese retailer Teso Life opened its first San Antonio store on Friday on the Northwest Side to a large crowd. Teso Life CEO Ethen Wang told KSAT the company was prepared for the busy ...