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Father shot dead his four children and two adults in mass shooting at Houston home and was 'on his way to kill more' before being cornered by police on suburban street and arrested Did she kill before? Call girl, 26, 'who poisoned client with heroin' wrote online about 'love' of killing sprees and is now being investigated for another death Obama ... (more)

A Japanese court is due to rule next month on a claim that Tokyo Electric Power is responsible for a woman's suicide, in a landmark case that could force the utility to publicly admit culpability for deaths related to the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

The season's eighth typhoon Neoguri may hit Kyushu area in southwest Japan on Thursday and bring heavy rain over a wide area in the country, Xinhua news agency reports.

Tokyo likely sits on top of your travel bucket list, but you'd be remiss to limit your Japan travels to the one city.

It's forecast to hit Kyushu island tomorrow and could travel across the main island of Honshu, which includes the major cities of Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka.

Japan protested Wednesday to China over a newspaper's depiction of exploding mushroom clouds in a map of Japan, calling it offensive.

Japan protested Wednesday to China over a newspaper's depiction of exploding mushroom clouds in a map of Japan, calling it offensive.

Japan protested Wednesday to China over a newspaper's depiction of exploding mushroom clouds in a map of Japan, calling it offensive.

COMMENT Is new China the old Japan? By Curtis S Chin NEW YORK - As the sixth meeting of the US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue takes place July 9-10 in Beijing, with US Secretary of State John Kerry and Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew representing the United States, and State Councilor Yang Jiechi and Vice Premier Wang Yang representing China, ... (more)

Typhoon Neoguri is threatening to bring flooding and landslides to Japan's southernmost main island of Kyushu, a region that's a manufacturing center for Nissan Motor Co.

Children stand among merchandise from an earthquake-damaged store in San Pedro, in the San Marcos region in northwest Guatemala, July 8, 2014.

Typhoon Neoguri, weakened from an original super typhoon category, has killed at least two people, forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights and has cut the supply of electricity and water to the people of Japan.

When Kevin Whitney lost his iPhone last October, he probably thought that he'd never see it again.

This is a shot of the Japanese Giant Salamander that was spotted going for a stroll on the bank of the Kamogawa River in Kyoto.

The Nation's Thasong Asvasena looks into Japan's post-tsunami situation three years after the 2011 tragedy, focusing on recovery projects and disaster-prevention efforts, in the first of a three-part article When it comes to preparedness for earthquakes and their aftermath, few countries are doing it better than Japan.

JULY 08: Two week old ducks swim in the newly planted rice field to eat insects and weeds at Ushio rice field on July 8, 2014 in Ichikawa, Japan.

Japan Rail East has called on Ferrari designer Ken Okuyama to create a 34-passenger luxury train.

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida at a July 4 press conference, when the government slammed China's effort to highlight the past of Tokyo's wartime aggression amid a territorial dispute between the two countries.

Super Typhoon Neoguri in the Pacific Ocean, approaching Japan on its northward journey, is seen in an image taken by MTSAT-2 satellite on July 7, 2014.

The Japanese government on Monday said it had no problem with a potential visit by upper house lawmaker Antonio Inoki to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea .