A 5-year-old boy was hit and killed by a car on a road in Chizu town, Tottori Prefecture, on Sunday. According to police, the incident occurred at around 4:40 p.m. approximately 200 meters north of ...

A 69-year-old woman arrested for a 1999 murder in Nagoya told investigators that she had long feared being caught and felt depressed each year as the anniversary of the killing approached, police said ...

The body of a 79-year-old woman who appears to have been attacked by a bear was found Monday morning in a forested area in the mountains of Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, local police said. It ...

A 58-year-old Japanese woman was hit and killed by a car at an intersection in central Seoul on Sunday night, local police said, with the driver, a man in his 30s who was found to have been under the ...

A federal judge in Oregon on Sunday barred President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard to Portland, Oregon until at least Friday, saying she “found no credible evidence” ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's first trip to Asia during his second term ended with few surprises, but may mark a prelude to more active diplomacy with China and other countries in the region in the ...

Japan legally incorporated the islands as terra nullius in 1895, after its people had been active in the area for some time previous. China now claims that the isl ...

A fire and explosion at a convenience store in northwestern Mexico killed at least 23 people, including children, and injured 12 others, state authorities said. The fire occurred Saturday in downtown ...

Ryosuke Takashima, 28, Japan’s youngest-ever mayor who was named on the “Time 100 Next 2025” list that spotlights generation-molding figures from around the world.

Learn how to buy a home in Japan, including market trends, property buying procedures, and financing. The webinar will be held on November 11, 2025, from 6PM to 7PM (Japan Standard Time).

Three separate controversies involving leaked text messages from private online group chats have rocked U.S. political circles this month, revealing racist, antisemitic and violent statements from ...

Republicans and Democrats remained at a stalemate on the government shutdown over the weekend as it headed into its sixth week, with food aid potentially delayed or suspended for millions of Americans ...