NBC News' Angie Lassman discusses the latest weather conditions in Los Angeles as five wildfires continue to scorch the area.

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Japan announced new sanctions against 11 individuals, 3 banks, and 29 companies from Russia. The sanctions also include ...

Japanese media say a sociology student attacked her classmates with a hammer during class after voicing frustration at being ...

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Her book "Farewell to Manzanar," which was based on her family's experience at the World War II relocation camp, was widely ...

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A U.S. Marine allegedly sexually assaulted an Okinawan woman in November, which is the fourth alleged sexual assault by U.S.

Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters, Monster) is one of cinema’s great humanists, and he expresses intense ...

To address the problem, Tokyo mayor Yuriko Koike has pledged to subsidise epidural childbirth “as early as possible” to ...

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