Soldiers and emergency workers combed through a badly damaged shopping mall, paper mill and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors Wednesday after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 13 ...

A powerful earthquake struck Japan’s Kumamoto prefecture on the southwestern island of Kyushu on Tuesday, killing at least 13 people and causing widespread destruction. Rescue crews continued ...

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“Quite a few” people are believed to have been killed after an explosion at a mall in the south of the country, according to local media citing police. A residential building on fire after an ...

Japanese business confidence improved in August as manufacturers ‌benefited from robust semiconductor demand while non-manufacturers were supported by strong domestic consumption, the latest Reuters ...

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