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While addressing the World Assembly for Women conference in Japan, Ivanka Trump emphasized the importance of women's participation in every field.

Amazon purchased three domain names related to cryptocurrencies — maybe just a precaution to protect the company brand, or maybe the e-retail giant is ready to let consumers pay with bitcoin.

Thursday's Google Doodle was in celebration of El Día de los Muertos or the Day of the Dead, it featured skeletons, colorful papel picado and an altar.

Megumi Yokota was only 13 years old when she was abducted walking home from badminton practice.

North Korean supremo Kim Jong Un’s regime is working to improve their missile and nuclear weapons attack capability. And by 2018, Pyongyang could be affixing miniaturized warhead on top of an intercontinental missile, designed to target the U.S.

North Korea's state news agency criticized the president ahead of his first visit to Asia.

President Donald Trump said people would be surprised to whether he would visit the DMZ or not.

When the tunnel at North Korea’s Punggye-ri nuclear test site collapsed, about 100 people were thought to be trapped inside. A second collapse then occurred during rescue operations, trapping another 100 people.

Nine dismembered bodies were found in a man's apartment southwest of Tokyo after police conducted a search on suspicion of his involvement in the disappearance of a 23-year-old woman.

Nintendo has revealed that its newest “Super Mario” installment has already sold 2 million copies.

In a first-of-its-kind study, an AI program was able to predict which benign tumors or growths would become cancerous with 86 percent accuracy. Early diagnoses could improve survival rates.

"Three [sharks] would get on one side and two would get on the other side and they would make waves and try to knock down the boat."

The last time the U.S. flew stealth bombers near Korea was 2013.

In South Korea, polls show 60 percent of the population favors building nuclear weapons, the New York Times reported.

The Astros star made an insensitive gesture to Dodgers' pitcher Yu Darvish.

Sony’s Paris Games Week press conference kicks off Monday morning, and we have some big predictions for what we might see during the stream. Read our thoughts here.

One of the women, Jennifer Appel, said they survived the situation for that long because they had taken with them water purifiers and over a year's worth of food.

The thief was identified as the "Ninja of Heisei," a burglar who is thought to have committed more than 250 burglaries over the course of eight years.

The establishment of a navy base in Kuril Islands by Russia will strengthen its military capabilities in the Pacific region.

An artisan furniture maker in Japan recently released a range of miniature furniture pieces for your pet cats modeled on the company's regular, full-size human range.

A North Korea official said the country's capabilities should not be underestimated.