A U.S. Army colonel’s great-grandson returned a “good luck” flag Wednesday to the family of a Japanese soldier who carried it ...

The Sakurajima volcano in Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture erupted once again on 9. Footage sped-up in post shows plumes of ash blasting 1.2 miles into the air. This is the volcano's 31st eruption of 2025 ...

THE 7-Eleven store in Chiba prefecture, a suburb of Tokyo, isn’t like the the 21,000 other ones across Japan. It’s almost ...

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‘CHARM OFFENSIVE’: Beijing has been sending senior Chinese officials to Okinawa as part of efforts to influence public opinion against the US, the ‘Telegraph’ reported Beijing is believed to be sowing ...

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The U.S. State Department has adopted a new policy under the Trump administration that effectively blocks U.S. embassies and outposts from flying Pride and Black Lives Matter flags, a report said ...

According to U.S. flag code, "all federal buildings, grounds and naval vessels" will fly at half-staff for 30 days after the death of a president Win McNamee/Getty; MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty ...

After Monday's presidential inauguration, flags fly back at half-staff in Texas. According to a press release from the White House, flags were ordered to be flown at full-staff at the White House ...

The president’s Inaugural Address linked landing on the Red Planet with Manifest Destiny, but left many of the specifics unclear. By Kenneth Chang During his Inaugural Address on Monday ...

But executive order No. 5, the first non-appointment related order, declares the flags be flown at full mast for the remainder of Monday and any future inauguration days. Trump ordered this after ...