Japan Dying

Nobuyo Oyama, a Japenese actor who was the voice of Doraemon, died on September 29 due to old age, her talent agency told news agency AFP.

While the motivation of the assailant remained unclear, Japanese officials have urged increased security around Japanese schools in China.

In the second wave of device explosions in as many days, 20 people died and more than 450 were wounded on Wednesday in Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon.

Upon investigation, rangers were able to identify the fallen climber's location at 17,000 feet using data from his satellite communication device.

Oil prices extended gains on Monday amid political uncertainty in major producing countries after Iran's president died in a helicopter crash and Saudi Arabia's crown prince cancelled a trip to Japan, citing issues with the king's health.

One died and seven people were missing Sunday after an apparent accident overnight involving two Japanese military helicopters out to sea, officials said.

Eight people died after a South Korean-flagged tanker capsized off Japan on Wednesday, the coast guard said, reversing its earlier statements that they were rescued.

Yutaka Yoshie collapsed after he and his tag team partner Ryo Inoue lost to Hokuto Omori as part of the company's Dream Power Series event in Gunma.

The creator of Japan's hugely popular "Dragon Ball" comics and anime cartoons, Akira Toriyama, has died aged 68, his production team said Friday.

A DNA test has confirmed that a 70-year-old man who claimed to be one of Japan's most wanted criminals was telling the truth.

Hirotake Yano, the Japanese 100-yen shop pioneer and founder of the Daiso chain, has died, the company said.

Videos from inside the Japan Airlines plane that caught fire after colliding with a coastguard aircraft at the Tokyo-Haneda airport today show the anxious moments that passengers went through when the flames were leaping out of the plane's belly.

Five of the six people on the coast guard plane have died after it reportedly collided with a Japan Airlines plane on the runway of Tokyo's Haneda Airport today, local media reports said. The coast guard aircraft was an Ma72 fixed-wing aircraft, the

Five people aboard a Japan coast guard aircraft died Tuesday when it hit a Japan Airlines passenger plane on the ground in a fiery collision at Tokyo's Haneda airport.

Japan Earthquake: At least thirty people died as a series of earthquakes struck central Japan on New Year's Day, damaging homes and sparking a major fire.

Nobuyo Oyama, a Japenese actor who was the voice of Doraemon, died on September 29 due to old age, her talent agency told news agency AFP.

While the motivation of the assailant remained unclear, Japanese officials have urged increased security around Japanese schools in China.

In the second wave of device explosions in as many days, 20 people died and more than 450 were wounded on Wednesday in Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon.

Upon investigation, rangers were able to identify the fallen climber's location at 17,000 feet using data from his satellite communication device.

Oil prices extended gains on Monday amid political uncertainty in major producing countries after Iran's president died in a helicopter crash and Saudi Arabia's crown prince cancelled a trip to Japan, citing issues with the king's health.

One died and seven people were missing Sunday after an apparent accident overnight involving two Japanese military helicopters out to sea, officials said.

Eight people died after a South Korean-flagged tanker capsized off Japan on Wednesday, the coast guard said, reversing its earlier statements that they were rescued.

Yutaka Yoshie collapsed after he and his tag team partner Ryo Inoue lost to Hokuto Omori as part of the company's Dream Power Series event in Gunma.

The creator of Japan's hugely popular "Dragon Ball" comics and anime cartoons, Akira Toriyama, has died aged 68, his production team said Friday.

A DNA test has confirmed that a 70-year-old man who claimed to be one of Japan's most wanted criminals was telling the truth.

Hirotake Yano, the Japanese 100-yen shop pioneer and founder of the Daiso chain, has died, the company said.

Videos from inside the Japan Airlines plane that caught fire after colliding with a coastguard aircraft at the Tokyo-Haneda airport today show the anxious moments that passengers went through when the flames were leaping out of the plane's belly.

Five of the six people on the coast guard plane have died after it reportedly collided with a Japan Airlines plane on the runway of Tokyo's Haneda Airport today, local media reports said. The coast guard aircraft was an Ma72 fixed-wing aircraft, the

Five people aboard a Japan coast guard aircraft died Tuesday when it hit a Japan Airlines passenger plane on the ground in a fiery collision at Tokyo's Haneda airport.

Japan Earthquake: At least thirty people died as a series of earthquakes struck central Japan on New Year's Day, damaging homes and sparking a major fire.