US President Donald Trump told Japanese leader Shinzo Abe Washington will continue to build its military capabilities to defend against a North Korean attack, the White House said. The pair spoke by...
American athletics legend Michael Johnson said Tuesday that Los Angeles' bid for the 2024 Olympics comes with "very little risk" and has great support among the residents of the city. The battle for...
Japan's London Olympic champion Ryota Murata will fight Hassan N'Dam for the vacant World Boxing Association middleweight crown next month, his gym said Monday. The 31-year-old's first title shot...
Japan's cherry blossom season kicks off boozy parties across the country and draws tourists from far and wide, but the annual coming-of-spring ritual isn't official until inspectors like Hisato...
A Japanese whaling fleet returned to port on Friday after killing more than 300 mammals in an annual Antarctic hunt, as Tokyo pursues the programme in defiance of global criticism. The fleet set sail...
A Japanese whaling fleet returned to port Friday after an annual Antarctic hunt that killed more than 300 of the mammals as Tokyo pursues the programme in defiance of global criticism. The fleet set...
South Africa's rand plunged five percent Friday after President Jacob Zuma sacked his finance minister and made ten new cabinet appointments in a dramatic reshuffle that has fuelled fears of a split...
Asian investors moved cautiously Friday following a Wall Street rally inspired by better-than-expected US economic growth data, while South Africa's rand plunged after President Jacob Zuma sacked his...
Wall Street stocks rallied Thursday, shrugging off uncertainty over President Donald Trump's agenda and advancing as US fourth-quarter growth was upgraded and oil prices rose above $50 a barrel....
Japan's ruling party said Wednesday the government should consider developing the capability to strike enemy bases if the country is attacked, citing North Korea's missile and nuclear threats. For...
NBC will broadcast the 2018 Winter Olympics live across all US time zones for the first time, the TV network has announced. The network's move to coast-to-coast live coverage is an acknowledgement...
There are just 30 pools in Afghanistan, only one which welcomes girls -- and it is facing militant threats for doing so. Nevertheless a handful are diving in, pioneers racing to achieve Olympic glory...
An eight-member delegation from the Japanese Embassy and JICA headquarters in Japan have paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, at his office in Accra. The delegation was...
Ghana National Para-Taekwondo will depart from Ghana to Rwanda to compete in the 2nd African Para-Taekwondo Open Championships on Monday, April 03, 2017. The two-day tournament will take place on...
A Japanese appeals court on Tuesday ruled that a pair of nuclear reactors halted by a lower court order can be restarted, in a victory for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's energy policy. Japan shut down...
Seven Japanese high school students and their teacher have been killed in an avalanche at a ski resort. The avalanche occurred early on Monday near Nasu in Tochigi prefecture, 120km (75 miles) north...
An eight-member delegation from the Japanese Embassy and JICA headquarters in Japan have paid a courtesy call on the minister for finance, Ken Ofori-Atta at his office in Accra. The delegation was...
An avalanche killed eight high school students on a mountain-climbing trip in Japan Monday, with more than 30 people reportedly injured. More than 100 troops have been deployed in a major rescue...
Shares in Toshiba plunged Monday on a report that said its loss-hit US nuclear unit could be placed into bankruptcy protection as early as this week. Westinghouse Electric could file for Chapter 11...
Following mid-March's bitter cold snap which killed about half of Washington DC's cherry blossoms, the US capital's National Cherry Blossom Festival celebrated the survivors' peak bloom. The festival...
