The yen rose sharply Friday afternoon against the U.S. dollar briefly reaching the mid-155 level from the lower 157 range, ...

Hundreds of protesters clashed with Australian emergency services workers in a remote town following the arrest of a man ...

Police in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, on Friday appealed to the public for any information that might help apprehend the person or persons who killed a 15-year-old girl in 2008. Each year (except ...

A Japanese professional baseball umpire who was struck on the head by a bat during a game two weeks ago is still unconscious, ...

The entire jury of the Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition has resigned, organizers said on Thursday, a week after ...

A southwestern city on Friday marked the 70th anniversary of the official recognition of the Minamata mercury-poisoning ...

Two bank employees were fatally shot during a robbery in Kentucky and a search was underway for the suspect, authorities said Thursday. A man wearing a gray-white hoodie, gloves and a mask entered a ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth clashed with Democratic lawmakers in Congress for a second day Thursday, rejecting ...

Golfers who left the PGA Tour for LIV golf should face consequences if they want to return, 2023 British Open champion Brian ...

A municipal government employee in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, was arrested Thursday after parts of his wife's body were found inside an incinerator in the animal crematorium at the popular Asahiyama Zoo.

Following on from my hafu article series, this piece shares my personal experience as a hafu woman in her early 30s living in ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday said "probably" when asked whether he would consider ‌pulling U.S. troops out of Italy and ...