Nintendo Switch 2 draws hordes of fans to stores for global release
Fans around the world lined up outside electronics stores hours in advance to collect their pre-ordered video game consoles.
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Fans around the world lined up outside electronics stores hours in advance to collect their pre-ordered video game consoles.
Angsty fans have speculated for days over how Taylor Swift can perform a concert as part of her Eras Tour in Tokyo, and a day later support boyfriend Travis Kelce at Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas.
All 379 occupants of the Japan Airlines flight got out safely and the pilot of the coast guard plane also escaped, officials said.
Within minutes, all 367 passengers and 12 crew members slid down emergency chutes to get away from the plane. "I can only say it was a miracle," one survivor said.
Transport officials say a packed passenger plane collided with a Japanese Coast Guard aircraft then burst into flames, killing five people on board the coast guard plane. CBS New York's John Dias has the latest developments.
Local reports say the plane may have struck another aircraft before bursting into flames. CBS New York's John Dias has the latest from the newsroom.
Abe, a popular conservative leader who resigned in 2020 for health reasons, was shot as he gave an outdoor campaign speech. A suspect is in custody.
The 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the region devastated by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.
17-year-old Anastasia Pagonis is blind. But through incredible strength and determination, she made it to this world record moment.
The Olympic torch is burning in Tokyo — almost a year after the games were originally scheduled to be held. They were delayed until now due to the pandemic. But the virus is still clouding the games.
Spectators will be banned from Olympic venues in Tokyo because of a new state of emergency imposed due to the spread of the coronavirus, Japan's Olympic minister said Thursday, meaning the Games will happen mostly behind closed doors.
The woman in her 30s reportedly went to Tokyo Medical University Hospital in April for cervical laser surgery. While she was on the operating table, a fire broke out, burning her legs.
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Baseball and softball could be included in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. But how about korfball, billiards or even American football?
Long considered a slight favorite, Japan's capital defeated Istanbul in the final round of voting at the International Olympic Committee meeting in Buenos Aires.
A distance runner from Tokyo is emerging as the sentimental favorite for Sunday's New York City Half-Marathon.
