OSAKA -- The Osaka District Court on Jan. 16 ordered the Japanese government to pay 400,000 yen (approx. $2,600) in ...

The western Japan city of Kobe and nearby areas on Friday marked the 30th anniversary of the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that ...

Bullet train services between Tokyo and Osaka were temporarily halted Friday after a fire broke out near a track in central ...

The prosecution described the crime as "exploiting women for profit" and sought a sentence of two years and six months in ...

A flock of winter migratory birds called tsukushigamo (common shelducks) have been visiting the Wajiro tidal flats in the ...

South Korean investigators plan to request an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday over his imposition of ...

President Joe Biden in his Wednesday farewell speech to the nation warned that American democracy was sliding into an ...

A former MUFG Bank employee accused of stealing valuables from customer safe deposit boxes reportedly admitted to using ...

Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani is donating $500,000 to help firefighters and animals forced to flee the deadly ...

People trembled with joy, embracing each other with smiles. Amid the deafening roar of explosions and the loss of countless ...

On a recent day fighting the Los Angeles wildfires, a fire crew's radios crackled to life, warning of nearby flames as ...

The Wakayama Prefectural Public Safety Commission on Jan. 16 suspended the driver's license of a man in his 60s for 30 days ...