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World Cup 2026 – Cape Verde Fans Celebrate as Debutants Stun Spain With Historic 0-0 Draw

Cape Verde pulled off a stunning upset on Monday, holding heavily favored Spain to a 0-0 draw in the island nation's first-ever World Cup match, earning the 67th-ranked debutants a historic point against the second-ranked European champions. This video shows Cape Verde fans gathering at City of Providence watch party for the game vs. Spain at the municipal parking lot across from Pawtucket City Hall.

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Japan: Typhoon Jangmi Lashes Okinawa and Amami Islands With Destructive Winds

Typhoon Jangmi brought heavy rain and damaging winds to Okinawa and Amami islands, southern Japan, as it approached Okinawa's main island on Monday, June 1. All flights to and from Naha Airport were cancelled, while public transport, schools, and businesses were also shut for the day.

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Japan: High Waves Pound Yoron Island Shore as Typhoon Jangmi Approaches

Typhoon Jangmi brought strong winds to Okinawa and Amami islands, southern Japan on Monday, June 1 as it approached the Okinawa main island.

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Stage play on 1944 sinking of Tsushima-maru ship

A stage play depicting the August 1944 sinking of the Tsushima-maru civilian ship by a U.S. submarine during World War II is performed at a theater in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Aug. 16, 2025. The ship, carrying a large number of civilians evacuating from an expected U.S. assault on Okinawa, was sunk on its way to Nagasaki Prefecture, leaving nearly 1,500 people, many of them children, dead.

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Stage play on 1944 sinking of Tsushima-maru ship

A stage play depicting the August 1944 sinking of the Tsushima-maru civilian ship by a U.S. submarine during World War II is performed at a theater in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Aug. 16, 2025. The ship, carrying a large number of civilians evacuating from an expected U.S. assault on Okinawa, was sunk on its way to Nagasaki Prefecture, leaving nearly 1,500 people, many of them children, dead.

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Stage play on 1944 sinking of Tsushima-maru ship

A stage play depicting the August 1944 sinking of the Tsushima-maru civilian ship by a U.S. submarine during World War II is performed at a theater in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Aug. 16, 2025. The ship, carrying a large number of civilians evacuating from an expected U.S. assault on Okinawa, was sunk on its way to Nagasaki Prefecture, leaving nearly 1,500 people, many of them children, dead.

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Stage play on 1944 sinking of Tsushima-maru ship

A stage play depicting the August 1944 sinking of the Tsushima-maru civilian ship by a U.S. submarine during World War II is performed at a theater in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Aug. 16, 2025. The ship, carrying a large number of civilians evacuating from an expected U.S. assault on Okinawa, was sunk on its way to Nagasaki Prefecture, leaving nearly 1,500 people, many of them children, dead.

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Stage play on 1944 sinking of Tsushima-maru ship

A stage play depicting the August 1944 sinking of the Tsushima-maru civilian ship by a U.S. submarine during World War II is performed at a theater in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Aug. 16, 2025. The ship, carrying a large number of civilians evacuating from an expected U.S. assault on Okinawa, was sunk on its way to Nagasaki Prefecture, leaving nearly 1,500 people, many of them children, dead.

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Returned Buddhist statue on public display

A 14th-century Buddhist statue recently returned to Japan from South Korea is displayed to the public at a museum on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture on May 16, 2025. Stolen from the island's Kannonji temple in 2012, the statue was returned on May 12, 2025, after South Korea's Supreme Court ruled in 2023 that the temple is its rightful owner.

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Returned Buddha statue on public display

A 14th-century Buddha statue recently returned to Japan from South Korea is displayed to the public at a museum on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture on May 16, 2025. Stolen from the island's Kannonji temple in 2012, the statue was returned on May 12, 2025, after South Korea's Supreme Court ruled in 2023 that the temple is its rightful owner.

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Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

TSUSHIMA, Japan, May 12 Kyodo - A 14th-century Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva sits at Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was returned to the temple the same day. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

TSUSHIMA, Japan, May 12 Kyodo - A 14th-century Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva sits at Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was returned to the temple the same day. (Kyodo)

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Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

A box containing the statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, a 14th-century Buddhist statue, is unloaded from a truck as it arrives at Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was returned to the temple.

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Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

A box containing the statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, a 14th-century Buddhist statue, is carried into Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was returned to the temple.

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Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

A truck carries a 14th-century Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva upon its arrival on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was being returned to Kannon Temple on Tsushima.

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Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

A 14th-century Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva sits at Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was returned to the temple the same day.

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Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

A 14th-century Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva sits at Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was returned to the temple the same day.

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Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

A 14th-century Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva sits at Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was returned to the temple the same day.

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Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

A 14th-century Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva sits at Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was returned to the temple the same day.

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US: Palisades Fire Visible From Flights Near LAX As 30,000 Evacuate 4

Huge plumes of smoke were visible from flights arriving and departing from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) as a wildfire rapidly spread through Pacific Palisades fueled by Santa Ana winds on Tuesday, January 7. The fire has scorched more than 2,900 acres, prompting the evacuation of nearly 30,000 residents and causing several road closures. Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency to provide additional support to the affected communities.

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US: Palisades Fire Smoke Visible From Flights Near LAX As 30,000 Evacuate 2

Huge plumes of smoke were visible from flights arriving and departing from Los Angeles International Airport as a wildfire rapidly spread through Pacific Palisades fueled by Santa Ana winds on Tuesday, January 7. The fire has scorched more than 2,900 acres, prompting the evacuation of nearly 30,000 residents and causing several road closures. Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency to provide additional support to the affected communities.

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Endangered leopard cat released on western Japan island

A juvenile male leopard cat, an endangered species, looks around upon being released into the wild on a mountain in the southwestern Japan island of Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, on April 22, 2024, after being treated at a protection center for injuries from a car accident and completing reintroduction training.

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Endangered leopard cat released on western Japan island

A juvenile male leopard cat, an endangered species, looks around upon being released into the wild on a mountain in the southwestern Japan island of Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, on April 22, 2024, after being treated at a protection center for injuries from a car accident and completing reintroduction training.

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Zoo, noodle maker release instant noodle

FUKUOKA, Japan - A pack of instant noodle dubbed "Yamaneko (wildcat) Ramen," shown in this file photo taken on Nov. 21, 2014, is a product jointly developed by the Fukuoka City Zoological Garden in southwestern Japan and Fujisawa Seimen Co., a noodle maker in Asahikawa on the northernmost main island of Hokkaido. The new product is priced at 117 yen, including 2 yen to be donated to cover feed for the endangered Tsushima Yamaneko leopard cat species raised at the zoo.

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Ship sunk by U.S.

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the Tsushima Maru, a ship that was sunk in 1944 following a U.S. submarine torpedo attack while transporting more than 1,700 people from the Pacific island of Okinawa to Nagasaki Prefecture on one of Japan's main islands.

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Emperor visits Okinawa ahead of 70th anniv. of Tsushima Maru sinking

ITOMAN, Japan - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko offer flowers on June 26, 2014, at a state-run grave in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, for the victims of the Battle of Okinawa. The imperial couple visited Japan's southwestern island prefecture ahead of the 70th anniversary of the sinking of a transport ship carrying hundreds of schoolchildren when it was torpedoed by a U.S. submarine in August 1944.

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Civic leader shows cultural transfer from S. Korea to Japan

MATSUE, Japan - Yutaka Mori, leader of a civilian group studying the ancient transfer of culture from the Korean Peninsula to Japan, explains a sea route from Geoje Island off the southern coast of South Korea to Tsushima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in this file photo taken on May 14, 2014.

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S. Korean land purchase in Tsushima stirs security concerns

TSUSHIMA, Japan - A sign put up on a bridge in downtown Tsushima says local islanders welcome South Koreans who care about deepening bilateral friendship and that the Japanese territory is a historical island with many tourist attractions. The photo was taken on Feb. 16, 2010.

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Ex-premier pays respects at epitaph of S. Korean activist

TSUSHIMA, Japan - Kim Jong Pil, a former South Korean prime minister, pays his respects to a memorial for Choi Ik Hyon, a Korean anti-Japanese activist, in Tsushima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Aug. 27. Choi Ik Hyon spearheaded an anti-Japanese movement in 1905 amid the advancement of Japanese domination.

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Fukuoka zoo breeds endangered Japanese wildcats

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photos show the female (top) and male (bottom) of an endangered species of Japanese wildcat that gave birth to a litter of cubs for the first time in captivity at the Fukuoka Municipal Zoo and Botanical Garden on April 18. Tsushima yamaneko as the wildcat is called is a protected species native to the island of Tsushima in Nagasaki Prefecture.

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Remembering lost loved ones

Mourners drop flowers into the sea on Nov. 28 at the second government-sponsored memorial service for the more than 1,500 civilians who died when their evacuation ship sank after being torpedoed by a U.S. submarine during World War II. The ceremony was held on a ferry in the East China Sea, 10 kilometers northwest of Akuseki Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, where the Tsushima Maru sank on Aug. 22, 1944.

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Sailboarder reaches Pusan

Mie Tajima, a 29-year-old Japanese woman, arrives at the southern South Korean port of Pusan on July 23 after crossing the Korean Strait from the southwestern Japan island of Tsushima aboard a sailboard to mark the co-hosting of succer's World Cup finals by Japan and South Korea in 2002. Two other Japanese also arrived in Pusan after completing a 50-kilometer trip with Tajima.

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Fukuoka zoo breeds endangered Japanese wildcats

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photos show the female top) and male (bottom) of an endangered species of Japanese wildcat that gave birth to a litter of cubs for the first time in captivity at the Fukuoka Municipal Zoo and Botanical Garden on April 18. Tsushima yamaneko as the wildcat is called is a protected species native to the island of Tsushima in Nagasaki Prefecture.

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Tsushima leopard cat, national endangered species

A Tsushima leopard cat, a national endangered species inhabiting Tsushima Island, Nagasaki prefecture, is seen in this file photo taken in May 2004. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Joseon missions to Japan reenacted for 1st time in 3 yrs

Women in ethnic costumes parade on a street in Tsushima, an island city of Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 2, 2015, as part of a reenactment, held for the first time in three years, of Joseon missions to Japan in the Edo period (1603-1867) sent by the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula. Some 300 people, including about 40 South Koreans, took part in the parade. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Stolen Buddhist statue arrives from South Korea

A bronze standing figure of the Tathagata Buddha is shown to the press at a museum in the southwestern island city of Tsushima on July 18, 2015, a day after South Korea handed it over to Japan. It was stolen in 2012 by South Korean thieves from a local shrine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Stolen Buddhist statue arrives from South Korea

A bronze standing figure of the Tathagata Buddha is shown to the press at a museum in the southwestern island city of Tsushima on July 18, 2015, a day after South Korea handed it over to Japan. It was stolen in 2012 by South Korean thieves from a local shrine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Stolen Buddhist statue arrives from South Korea

A bronze standing figure of the Tathagata Buddha is shown to the press at a museum in the southwestern island city of Tsushima on July 18, 2015, a day after South Korea handed it over to Japan. It was stolen in 2012 by South Korean thieves from a local shrine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Endangered leopard cat photographed on western Japan island

A rare wild leopard cat listed by the Japanese government as an endangered species is photographed on the southwestern island of Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, on April 14, 2015. Even local residents rarely have a chance to see the Tsushima leopard cat, known for its extremely cautious behavior. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rehabilitation facility for Tsushima leopard cats for release

A rehabilitation facility for the artificially-bred Tsushima leopard cats inhabiting Tsushima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, before being released into the wild, is seen under construction in Tsushima City in January 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former bureaucrat helping revitalize island in southwest Japan

Ken Tominaga, a former bureaucrat at the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry, is shown in this file photo taken on Jan. 14, 2015. He now dedicates himself to revitalizing the island of Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, by drawing attention to its rich nature and attracting more school excursions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea fails in another missile test amid growing tensions

The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson is pictured about 60 kilometers south of Tsushima Island in Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture in this photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on April 29, 2017. Carl Vinson and three other warships were heading to the vicinity of the Korean Peninsula. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Efforts underway to preserve Japanese native Taishu horse

Photo taken March 21, 2016 in Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, shows Rin Tsuda brushing a Taishu horse, an ancient breed that originated on Tsushima Island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Efforts underway to preserve Japanese native Taishu horse

Photo taken March 21, 2016 in Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, shows Kaori Tsuda (R) and her daughter Rin riding on a Taishu horse, an ancient breed that originated on Tsushima Island. Standing to the left is trainer Yumie Shinohara. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Team from small island runner-up in local food contest

Members of the Tsushima Tonchan Butai team from the southern Japanese island of Tsushima rejoice in Towada, northern Japan, on Oct. 4, 2015, after their grilled pork dish finished second in the 10th "B-1 Grand Prix" regional food contest. The winner was the Katsuura Tantanmen noodle dish from Katsuura, eastern Japan, the runner-up in last year's competition. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Grilled pork from southern island runner-up in local food contest

Members of the Tsushima Tonchan Butai team from the southern Japanese island of Tsushima grill pork in the 10th annual "B-1 Grand Prix" competition on Oct. 4, 2015, in Towada, northern Japan. The team finished second in the regional food contest. The winner was the Katsuura Tantanmen noodle dish from Katsuura, eastern Japan, the runner-up in last year's competition. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Monument dedicated to medieval Korean court missions to Japan

Kazuyuki Matsubara stands on March 31, 2015, by a monument erected on Tsushima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in memory of the goodwill missions sent to Japan by the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula intermittently between the Muromachi and Edo periods (1336-1867). Matsubara has been working with the South Korean side to have the monument listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site and help revitalize life on the island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea, Japan agree to end standoff over fishing boat chase

FUKUOKA, Japan - A South Korean fishing boat, the Sinpung, is sandwiched between a Korea Coast Guard patrol boat (L) and a Japan Coast Guard patrol boat some 80 kilometers northeast of Japan's Tsushima Island on June 2. The photo was provided by the Japan Coast Guard. (Kyodo)

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Japan, S. Korea end standoff over fishing boat

FUKUOKA, Japan - The chief (L) of South Korea's Ulsan Police Station and the head of the Tsushima office of Japan's Coast Guard shake hands aboard a Korean patrol vessel 80 kilometers off Tsushima Island on June 2 after two countries reached an accord to end a two-day maritime standoff over the control of a Korean fishing boat that rejected inspections by Japanese authorities who suspect it was poaching in Japan's exclusive economic waters. The photo was provided by the Japan Coast Guard. (Kyodo)

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S. Korean land purchase in Tsushima stirs security concerns

TSUSHIMA, Japan - A sign put up on a bridge in downtown Tsushima says local islanders welcome South Koreans who care about deepening bilateral friendship and that the Japanese territory is a historical island with many tourist attractions. The photo was taken on Feb. 25, 2010. (Kyodo)