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

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

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

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 ...

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In 1954, when Kobayashi's grandfather founded the business, Japan was entering a period of rapid economic growth, and the ...

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

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 ...