The halo, known as an Einstein ring, encircles a galaxy 590 million light-years away, considered close by cosmic standards. A light-year is 5.8 trillion miles. Astronomers have known about this galaxy ...

Matsuzaka won a World Series ring pitching for the Boston Red Sox in ... the right to negotiate with Matsuzaka with a bid of $51.11 million (about 6 billion yen at exchange rates of that time ...

PARIS--The Paris Olympics organizers on Friday unveiled a display of the five Olympic rings mounted on the Eiffel ... prominently in the July 26-Aug. 11 Paris Games and the following Paralympics.

Don’t expect raucous party scenes or over-the-top après-ski. In Japan, it’s all about the snow. Here’s a primer on where to go, stay and eat. By Finn-Olaf Jones Unlike the high jinks and ...

The statement exacerbated regional tensions, he added. "We urge the United States and Japan to abide by the one-China principle and their own commitments and immediately stop interfering in China ...

Einstein rings occur when light from a distant galaxy bends to form a glowing ring around another object in the foreground as that object is being observed. The rarely observed rings are named for ...

BEIJING – China’s Foreign Ministry said on Feb 10 it has complained to Japan over “negative” references to China in a statement issued after a meeting between the leaders of Japan and the ...

China Complains to Japan About 'Negative' China References in Japan, US Communique BEIJING (Reuters) -China's foreign ministry said on Monday it had complained to Japan over "negative" references ...

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said Tuesday that the country has removed a buoy it installed within Japan's exclusive economic zone around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

The Japanese government is running a program to help local communities promote exchanges with foreign countries that are set to participate in the upcoming Osaka Expo. A total of 146 exchange ...