Police in eastern Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture mistakenly arrested a Thai woman for not carrying her passport, failing to ...

A self-driving shuttle bus used to ferry visitors to the World Exposition in Osaka had a minor collision with a wall Monday ...

The Nuclear Regulation Authority effectively endorsed on Wednesday the restart of a reactor at the sole nuclear power plant ...

An estimated 4,700 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded while fighting alongside Russia against Ukrainian forc ...

Rice in Japan's supermarkets hit a record-high average of 4,220 yen including tax (some $30) for 5 kilograms over April 14 to ...

HIROSHIMA -- "The people have the power," U.S. punk rock legend Patti Smith called out to a crowd of some 250 people in ...

Japan's chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa said a second round of talks with the United States over its higher duties ...

A runaway Shiba Inu was safely captured on a highway near Tokyo on April 29, thanks to cooperation from drivers and ...

Shohei Ohtani blasted a game-tying leadoff home run Tuesday to spark the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 15-2 demolition of the ...

King Frederik X of Denmark arrived in Greenland on Tuesday, kicking off a visit to the semiautonomous territory that U.S.

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. said late Tuesday night a system outage that disrupted automated teller machines at many ...

Tokyo stocks rose Wednesday, with the Nikkei index ending above 36,000 for the first time in around a month, as sentiment was ...