A 15-year-old boy who was arrested May 12 on suspicion of murder in this eastern Japan city has told police that if he ...

A memorial ceremony was held on May 14 at a former rest home in Chikushino, Fukuoka Prefecture, for the souls of the aborted ...

Left-hander Naoki Miyanishi set a Nippon Professional Baseball record of 880 consecutive appearances in relief Thursd ...

Lone yokozuna Hoshoryu took care of business against No. 2 maegashira Gonoyama to snap a two-bout losing streak Thursday at ...

Russia's delegation arrived in Istanbul for peace talks with Ukraine, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova sa ...

A hospital in southern Gaza says 54 people have been killed in overnight airstrikes on the city of Khan Younis.

The number of elderly people living alone is growing steadily in Japan, and municipalities increasingly find themselves ...

Three Japanese men and an Uzbek man have been arrested on suspicion of fraudulently obtaining commissions by having the Uzbek ...

Japan's antitrust watchdog Thursday unveiled draft guidelines for the law governing smartphone software services of U.S. tech ...

Nissan Motor Co. is struggling to draw a path to recovery as the major Japanese automaker recently announced a plan to ...

The Japanese government is considering roughly doubling the supply of stockpiled rice to about 600,000 tons, as rice prices ...

Tokyo stocks fell Thursday, led by selling of export-oriented auto issues on a stronger yen amid concern that Japan could be ...