The biennial list is intended to raise awareness and funds to help preserve the sites it spotlights. Africa's Swahili Coast, Maine's lighthouses and Buddhist grottoes in China are also in peril.

U.S. Army aviators and Japanese troops are participating in Nankai Rescue, a U.S.-Japan disaster drill that kicked off Monday ...

A six-pack of shiitake mushrooms from the disaster-hit Noto region fetched a record 350,000 yen ($2,200) at the year's first auction on Thursday in central Japan. The sale of the "Nototemari" shiitake ...