Back in the middle of January I started to write about the top weather events around the world. The forecasts suggest a return to colder weather on the Prairies until February. I then took a break ...

TOKYO -- U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital said Monday that backing down on a proposed tender offer for Japanese systems developer Fuji Soft is a possibility, in the latest development in its ...

A fellow teacher and I went to the Japan Travel Bureau, where we booked trains to Mount Fuji and reserved a pension (bed-and-breakfast) on Lake Kawaguchi. Anticipation was high. Backpacks ready ...

FUJI-KAWAGUCHIKO, Yamanashi Prefecture--Tourists have literally punched holes in this town’s plan to prevent them from becoming nuisances in their quest to take photos of Mount Fuji. As of May ...

The town is installing a black vinyl banner to block the view of Mount Fuji at the site. The city of Fuji-Yoshida, east of Fuji-Kawaguchiko, also plans to introduce an accommodation tax in fiscal ...

In Shizuoka, Japan, commercial spaces are being turned into guest accommodation to draw more visitors and help revitalise the ...

Israeli police raided two Palestinian bookstores in occupied east Jerusalem on Sunday, confiscating books and arresting one of the owners and his nephew, according to their family members.

BEIJING: China on Friday (Feb 7) said it "regrets" Panama's decision to withdraw from Beijing's Belt and Road infrastructure programme after the Latin American nation ended its participation in ...

STORRS, Conn. — Rick Pitino is again calling on the Big East to make changes and expand to a super basketball conference. In an interview on SiriusXM with legendary former Duke coach Mike ...

“The facility is in the trial phase at the moment and no level-4 pathogens have been brought in yet,” Watanabe told This Week in Asia. “We are currently carrying out training before we go in ...

ANALYSISThailand's big casino gamble hangs on fine print of regulations 10:14 AM UTC Asia Pacificcategory First US Navy ships sail through Taiwan Strait since Trump inauguration 5:12 AM UTC Asia ...

Join us for the kickoff of our Ang Lee retrospective with a 20th-anniversary, Valentine’s Day screening of the multiple-Academy Award-winning 'Brokeback Mountain'. Q&A w/ Ang Lee. Ang Lee's debut ...