From around the globe, these 15 statues are the tallest as of 2025… Note: the heights listed are based on the statue’s ...

Rain with a high of 42 °F (5.6 °C) and a 68% chance of precipitation. Winds ENE at 15 mph (24.1 kph). Night - Cloudy with a 77% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 5 to 14 mph (8 to 22.5 ...

Tohoku Shinkansen services resumed between Tokyo and Sendai stations at around 2:30 p.m. Monday after an over-two-hour suspension from around 12:20 p.m. According to East Japan Railway Co., an ...

Sendai City in northeastern Japan is hosting a three-day event where experts on disaster preparedness and risk reduction are discussing measures for the future. The city was affected by the ...

After earning absolute power over Japan’s feuding factions, Tokugawa Ieyasu became the island nation’s first shogun, and in the early 17th century he consolidated his political control in Edo ...

Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a northeastern coastal city. The fire has burned about 2,100 hectares (5,190 acres ...

A piano damaged in a tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan in 2011 has been put on display at Sendai Airport in Miyagi Prefecture for anyone to play. The instrument was engulfed in the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Japan is fighting an extensive forest fire in northern Japan which has damaged dozens of homes and forced ...

By Jin Yu Young and Hisako Ueno Hisako Ueno reported from Tokyo. Japan’s largest wildfire in more than three decades was burning through a forested area of a small coastal city on Sunday after ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, center, appears at a fashion event in Tokyo Saturday, March 1, 2025 ...