By Hans Nicholas JongPhilip Jacobson LABAN NYARIT, Indonesia — Ipu Angit’s close relationship with the forest here in the ...

Since Japan sees the sun rise 16 hours before California, we fly backwards in time. Twenty-five hours in transit, leaving ...

The episode provided political fodder for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s critics and highlighted the country’s generally ...

The on-going territorial dispute between Japan, the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China over the Pinnacle Islands/Senkaku Islands/Diao-yu-tai involves a number of significant issues, ...

In late September 2024, a photograph allegedly showing an experimental forestry project in Japan spread online. One Reddit ...

The images show building after building partially or completely washed away by rivers that burst their banks and simply created new ones. They also reveal the ongoing challenges to find those ...

The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory Project, which is building a 6.5-meter telescope at the summit of Mount Chajnantor in Chile, has captured and unveiled images of the Tsuchinshan-Atlas ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Japan’s parliament has formally elected Shigeru Ishiba, head of the governing Liberal Democratic Party, as the country’s new prime minister. Mr Ishiba was chosen as the party’s leader on Friday to ...

TOKYO — Shigeru Ishiba is set to become Japan’s next prime minister after the governing Liberal Democratic Party elected him as its new leader on Friday, as the U.S. ally takes on a growing ...