The Yokohama District Court has sentenced a 53-year-old man to 18 years in prison for killing a 55-year-old man at his (the victim’s) house in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture,…
A massive sinkhole in Saitama Prefecture that swallowed a truck and its driver a week ago, and has filled with sewage and debris, highlights the risk posed by…
Kyoto has long been feeling the strain of overtourism, which not only places a burden on tourist sites but local residents, who find it difficult to go about…
Japan's real wages fell 0.2 percent from a year earlier in 2024, marking the third consecutive year of decline, as pay hikes that grew at the fastest pace…
Nissan shares plunged on Wednesday after Japan's Nikkei business daily said the carmaker had decided to withdraw from merger talks with rival Honda. The newspaper and other Japanese…
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's given his advisers instructions to obliterate Iran if it assassinates him. “If they did that they would be obliterated,” Trump said…
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested that displaced Palestinians in Gaza be permanently resettled outside the war-torn territory and proposed the U.S. take “ownership” in redeveloping the area.…
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday and inspected an electricity distribution substation, warning that attacks on Ukraine's power grid could pose…
Gender equality will become central to Australia's foreign policy, diplomacy, trade and aid programmers under a new international strategy, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Wednesday in Canberra.…
The Trump administration is assessing whether it could take up El Salvador's offer to house U.S. citizens convicted of crimes in its jails, Secretary of State Marco Rubio…
Tulsi Gabbard's nomination to be President Donald Trump director of national intelligence cleared a key Senate committee Tuesday despite concerns raised about her past comments sympathetic to Russia…
Robert F Kennedy Jr cleared a big hurdle in his bid to become the top U.S. health official on Tuesday after clinching the committee vote of Louisiana Republican…
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday restored his "maximum pressure" campaign on Iran that includes efforts to drive its oil exports down to zero in order to stop…
FBI agents who participated in investigations related to President Donald Trump have sued over Justice Department efforts to develop a list of employees involved in those inquiries that…
Record-breaking snowfall fell on Japan 's northern main island of Hokkaido, disrupting traffic, causing airport closures and delaying deliveries on Tuesday. The Hokkaido prefectural government said record-breaking snowfall has been…
The Aga Khan, known for his triumphs in horse racing, dazzling wealth and development work around the world, has died in Lisbon at the age of 88, according…
At least 10 people, including the gunman, were killed Tuesday at an adult education center in what Sweden’s prime minister called the country’s worst mass shooting. But a…
Former tennis world number one Simona Halep announced her retirement on Tuesday after her first-round defeat at the WTA Cluj-Napoca tournament in her native Romania. The 33-year-old lost…
The sea ice in the Arctic was the second lowest on record for January last month, according to a U.S. analysis released Tuesday, with areas around Greenland seeing…
Chelsea striker Sam Kerr claimed she was ignored by police officers after telling them a taxi driver left the Australian fearing for her life, a court heard on…
The Hall of Fame voter who declined to select Ichiro Suzuki remains a mystery. All 321 voters who allowed their ballots to be made public Tuesday by the…
Japan Airlines Co and ANA Holdings Inc posted record-high sales in the nine months that ended December, supported by strong inbound tourism demand, the latest earning results by…
Met Gala guests, suit up! That was the order from on high as the Metropolitan Museum of Art revealed the dress code for its annual lavish celebration of…
Christie Brinkley will have a memoir out this spring, tracing “every adventure and twist of fate” from her rise to becoming a supermodel to her acting career to…
Before they hit the stage every night, Irish siblings Anna Mai and Fergus Fitzpatrick share a special ritual: A hug and a low five. “Like a high five,…
The mother of Megumi Yokota, a symbolic victim of North Korea's abduction of Japanese nationals decades ago, feels her strength faltering but vowed not to give up on…
The Scottish government wants everyone to know it does not plan to ban cats. First Minister John Swinney was forced to issue the statement after a report by…
Australia has banned DeepSeek from all government devices as it seeks to block "an unacceptable level of security risk" presented by China's breakout artificial intelligence program, according to…
A medical advocacy group on Tuesday sued the main U.S. health agencies over the sudden removal of websites containing public health information in response to an executive order…
The Japanese government on Monday warned of heavy snowfall across a wide swathe along the Sea of Japan coast due to this season's strongest cold front, with residents…
Former passengers of the Diamond Princess liner laid flowers Monday at Yokohama port in remembrance of the 13 people who died following the mass COVID-19 outbreak onboard five…
Many manufacturers of food and household products are joining Japan's growing luxury pet product market, catering to the owners wishing to pamper their "cherished family" members with special…
Five households in the immediate vicinity of a massive, ever-widening sinkhole in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, were urged to evacuate Sunday, with efforts to rescue a man stuck inside…
Japan's space agency said on Sunday it successfully launched a navigation satellite on its new flagship H3 rocket as the country seeks to have a more precise location positioning system…
For the past two decades, a traditional "ryokan" inn in southwestern Japan has been spreading its hospitality more broadly than most, dedicating more than half of its rooms…
In Japan, there is a little-known network of "white post" pornography drop boxes that were installed on streets decades ago to protect young people from exposure to explicit…
Events marking Setsubun, also known as the bean-throwing festival, were held across Japan on Sunday. Setsubun marks the day before the beginning of spring, according to the lunar…
Tokyo continued to be a magnet for people in 2024, with a net influx of around 80,000 nearing the pre-pandemic 2019 level and highlighting the longstanding population concentration…
Japanese homemaker Kirina Mochizuki has always considered okonomiyaki savory pancakes the ultimate comfort food: simple, satisfying and cheap. These days, though, it's a struggle to get the dish,…
Rescue personnel continued efforts to clear debris in an expanding sinkhole in Saitama Prefecture on Friday in the hope of saving a man trapped as the crucial 72-hour…
Japan saw its biggest year-on-year jump in foreign workers since records began, government data showed Friday, as the country seeks to address labor shortages exacerbated by its aging…
The Japanese government said Thursday it has pulled advertisements from Fuji Television in the wake of sexual assault allegations lodged against its celebrity host, as the company slashed…
A sinkhole at an intersection in Saitama Prefecture that swallowed a truck collapsed further Thursday and merged with a second opening that had formed nearby, as rescue efforts…
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are planning to make an official weeklong visit to Mongolia in early July, government sources said Thursday. The trip will be the imperial…
A record 527 children attending elementary, junior high and senior high schools in Japan died by suicide last year, up 14 from 2023 and topping the previous high…
Japan on Wednesday said it will freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations’ women’s rights panel that called for an end to the country's male-only imperial succession rule.…