Emergency crews have been continuously battling a wildfire in Iwate, Japan. The crown fire, which started on February 26, has destroyed 2,900 hectares (6,425 acres) of land—equivalent to 9 per cent of ...

China retaliates against US President Donald Trump's doubled tariffs. Japan battles biggest forest fire in decades. Rescuers ...

Photo provided to CHINA DAILY] At the age of 9, Thomas Marcia discovered a photo of his father, James Marcia, with his ...

The Japanese government, through its embassy in Manila, is donating two units of rescue boats to the province of Ilocos Norte ...

PATTAYA - A Japanese man has been found hanged from a tree on Koh Larn, an island popular with day-trippers just off the ...

Rescue workers in Japan say it could be three months before they recover a body of a truck driver whose vehicle has been stuck in a giant sinkhole for more than two weeks. The truck plunged into ...

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Japan has donated five firefighting trucks to the Uganda Police Force (UPF). The donation ...

(AP pic) A truck cabin swallowed by a sinkhole in Japan has been found in a sewer pipe and may contain the body of its missing driver, a fire department official said on Wednesday. Rescuers have ...

More and more foreign visitors have been getting lost, buried in avalanches and facing other trouble while skiing or ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The Japanese foreign ministry says Tokyo intends to further contribute to the sustainable development of Sri Lanka.

Researchers in Japan have created a drone using a silkworm moth antenna that can track scents, an innovation that could aid ...