In 1914 the RMS Empress of Ireland was lost in just minutes after a collision in the St Lawrence River, making it Canada’s deadliest peacetime maritime disaster. This explains the collision dynamics, ...

The Bank of Japan’s summary of opinions from its latest policy meeting pointed to further rate increases down the road. At the conclusion of the meeting held from Dec. 18-19, the Japanese central bank ...

ODATE, Japan — Before students can come out to play at his school, Yoji Hikage has to give the all clear. Hikage, a kindergarten principal in Japan’s Akita prefecture, has been on patrol every day ...

Emperor Naruhito, joined by Empress Masako and other imperial family members, greeted well-wishers from the balcony of the Imperial Palace on Jan. 2 and offered words of encouragement for the new year ...

For 19-year-old Keiichi Yasunaga, the year 2050 lies somewhere beyond the visible horizon. It’s the era of his parents’ retirement, his own middle age, a period his generation tends to put out of mind ...