Led by 13-year-old Yu Zidi, China dominated the first day of swimming at the Asian Games with Yu and defending Olympic champion Pan Zhanle taking gold. Yu easily won the 200-meter butterfly on Sunday ...

The town of Yugawara in Kanagawa Prefecture seems like it should be a very tranquil place. A seaside hot spring town, with baths and inns dotting the cityscape as it stretches up into the mountains as ...

Ukrainian forces fired more than 1,000 drones at Russia overnight, including hundreds that were launched toward Moscow, ...

South Korea broke Japanese hearts on Sunday when they took Asian Games men's basketball gold with a 67-57 triumph in the ...

Japan's population aged 65 or older accounted for a record 29.6 percent of the total, the government estimated Sunday, with the proportion remaining the highest among countries with populations ...

A member of Japan's pop idol group timelesz was sent to prosecutors on Sunday for alleged assault of a woman in Tokyo. Shuto Inomata, 25, has been arrested for repeatedly hitting the 26-year-old woman ...

A bear climbed aboard a moored tuna fishing boat via its gangway and appeared to have dozed off before falling overboard and disappearing into the sea in the northern Japan city of Shiogama, Miyagi ...

Takumi Hojo got host nation Japan off to a perfect start when he won the first gold medal of the Asian Games on Sunday in the men's individual triathlon. Hojo finished the 750-meter swim, 20-km bike ...

The Ukrainian government has requested a meeting between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae ...

Warnings of a typhoon partly explained why the Asian Games opening ceremony in Nagoya took place in front of thousands of ...

Chiba University Prof Makoto Ichikawa. A growing number of restaurants have introduced a reserved ticketing system that allows customers to gain priority entry through paying an extra fee. Such a ...

Bose has released the Bose TV Speaker (2nd Gen), a compact soundbar designed to deliver superior TV audio. The soundbar’s speakers are angled, and the unit features a dedicated center-channel tweeter ...