Few countries have seasonal swings quite so dramatic as Japan’s, where midwinter can be mercilessly cold and midsummer brutally hot. Getting from one extreme to the other, means, of course, that Japan ...

American singer Cyndi Lauper, speaking to Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike after wrapping up her 15th visit to Japan for solo performances.

With Mother’s Day just around the corner, Studio Ghibli is stepping in with a gift option that fans will find hard to resist. Called the My Neighbour Totoro Dandelion Azuma Bag, this item is both ...

British police said Thursday that counterterrorism detectives will investigate comments by Irish hip-hop group Kneecap, which has been criticized by UK politicians over statements about the Middle ...

Japan 's imperial palace said Thursday that it has fired an employee for stealing cash totaling 3.6 million yen from Emperor Naruhito and his family over more than a year. The Imperial Household ...

Harvey Weinstein ’s lawyers got their turn Thursday to question a woman who alleges the one-time Hollywood heavyweight held her down on a bed and forced oral sex on her nearly two decades ago. Miriam ...

A new documentary from Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese will feature a conversation with the late Pope Francis about an effort the pontiff championed to provide education through cinema, the ...

To understand the Justice Department's struggles in representing President Donald Trump's positions in court, look no further than a quick succession of losses last week that dealt a setback to the ...

Police in Yamato, Kanagawa Prefecture, have arrested a 31-year-old man on suspicion of engaging in sex with a 14-year-old girl at a hotel last year. According to police, Taiga Horii, an administrative ...

A speeding passenger bus slammed into a row of vehicles lined up at a highway toll booth Thursday in the northern Philippines, killing at least 12 people, including children, police said. More than ...

Elon Musk, preparing to step back from his work leading the Department of Government Efficiency, had a request of the reporters gathered at the White House to interview him: Before he would answer any ...

Ambassador of Japan, Hiroshi Suzuki, accompanied by his wife Eiko, presents his credentials to Britain's King Charles III during a private audience at Buckingham Palace in London on Thursday.