Japanese Nippon Steel company has appealed a South Korean decision to seize and sell its assets to pay reparations for using forced labor during the Second World War, the NHK broadcaster reported on Friday

All countries around the globe should abandon nuclear weapons, Pope Frances said on Thursday during a speech marking the 75th anniversary of the US' nuclear attack on Japan's Hiroshima, calling the possession of any nuclear warfare tools immoral

Russia categorically rejects Japan's protest in connection with the trip of Russian Emergency Situations Minister Yevgeny Zinichev to Kunashir, one of four Kuril islands claimed by Japan, the Russian Embassy in Tokyo said on Thursday

The Lebanese capital of Beirut is coming to terms with the damage and destruction caused by a massive explosion that ripped through the city on Tuesday, destroying buildings, flipping over cars, and leaving more than 100 people dead and at least 4,000 others injured