The Kanto-Koshin and Tokai regions have entered the rainy season and can expect frequent cloudy or wet days over the coming ...

Asian shares skidded Monday after worries about Big Tech investments and rising odds for an interest rate hike gave U.S.

Breaking from her reluctance to break bread with politicians, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is having dinner meetings with ...

Photojournalist Masao Seto, whose camera transmitted images of turbulent times in Southeast Asia to the world, died in a ...

Once-in-centuries megaquakes that release enormous amounts of energy and can spawn devastating tsunami are becoming ...

Restaurant owner //Shogo Tani// doubts that the central government knows the realities of life in the countryside.

Even though he may not look the part of a police dog, Haku the Pomeranian is now officially part of the Miyazaki prefectural ...

A half-century-old telescope headed for retirement that was given new life through state-of-the-art technology is being ...

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MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook part of the southern Philippines early Monday, and a tsunami was possible on some regional coasts. Power outages were reported and people were ...

FUKUSHIMA—A bear that was trapped in a factory here after attacking four people outwitted a city-led capture team by ...

The operator of the Don Quijote megastores Pan Pacific International Holdings Corp. (PPIH) is pushing into new territory with ...