South Korean authorities say more than 100 people have been confirmed dead in a plane crash at Muan's airport in the country's southwest. NHK World's Kim Chan-ju is at the site to give more details.

Any increases on New Year's Day and Mondays may also be due to the "broken-promise effect theory," the authors wrote, which posits that people may postpone suicide attempts until after the holidays, ...

Such a location near the Defense Ministry is expected to allow both sides to smoothly draw up joint operational plans.

Japan's education ministry has urged that school trips be planned for the off-season due to a recent labor shortage in transportation and accommodations amid a boom in inbound tourism, according to ...

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A Boeing jet burst into flames Sunday after it skidded off a runway at a South Korean airport and slammed into a concrete ...

Israel Folau and his former fellow Wallaby and current club teammate Samu Kerevi are off to a poor start in Japanese club ...

We’re standing outside the Tokyo Prince Hotel, beneath the iconic Tokyo Tower that is bathed in a deep orange glow. It’s ...

TOKYO -- Lifestyle hotels, which offer more than just a place to sleep, are popping up all over the Tokyo metropolitan area. As the country welcomes more domestic and international travelers and new ...

Just when you thought motorcycles couldn’t get any wilder, Yamaha has dropped the sci-fi-inspired Y/AI prototype. It’s built ...

In the last four months, the chess board became India's happy hunting ground with both the men's and women's teams knocking ...

Japan's national high school football tournament is thriving after more than 100 years, attracting huge crowds, millions ...