Sunao Tsuboi, a champion of the anti-nuclear movement, has died at age 96.... He continued to

He was 96. The cause was abnormal cardiac rhythm from anemia, said Koichiro Maeda, the secretary general of the Hiroshima branch of Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors of which Mr.... It killed tens of thousands of people instantly and led to the deaths of many more in the following days, months and years.Mr.... Tsuboi was too close to the blast site to see the mushroom cloud....

BANGKOK, Thailand— A resident of a high-rise condominium in Thailand cut the support rope for two painters, apparently out of anger that she wasn’t told they would be doing work, and left them hanging above the 26th floor until a couple rescued them, police said Wednesday.... Pongjak Preechakarunpong, chief of the Pak Kret police station north of the Thai capital, told the Associated Press.... 12 announcement by the condo that the painters would be doing work and was apparently upset when they

People walk in front of Sendai Station on Aug.... Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato told a press conference Friday that human traffic in Tokyo's major entertainment districts was down roughly 35 percent compared to early July, referring to the latest figure, and vowed that the government will continue efforts to reach the 50 percent target.... Their addition means 29 of Japan's 47 prefectures, or roughly 84 percent of the population, are now under some kind of restrictions on business act

We’re covering U.S. election results indicating dissatisfaction with Democrats and a growing threat from the Islamic State in Afghanistan. Are Democratic losses a sign of trouble for Biden?... Virginia has a Republican governor for the first time in more than a decade after an election on Tuesday, dimming U.S. Democrats’ hopes for midterm elections. Another Republican posed an unexpectedly strong challenge to New Jersey’s incumbent governor, with the race still too close to call.... Milestones