The yen hit a two-month high against the U.S. dollar in the upper 153 range Monday in Tokyo amid wariness about yen-buying ...

Heavy snowfall brought the transportation network around Hokkaido's New Chitose Airport to a near standstill on Jan. 25, ...

(AP) -- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that a U.S. security guarantees document for Ukraine is "100% ready" after ...

Japan boasts some 56,000 convenience stores nationwide, and the three biggest chains -- Seven-Eleven Japan, Lawson and ...

American rock climber Alex Honnold ascended the Taipei 101 skyscraper on Sunday without any ropes or protective equipment.

Candidates planning to run in the Feb. 8 House of Representatives election are roughly split over the controversial issue of ...

SAITAMA -- Nagasaki Bio Park's "Prune" has won the national "capybara long bath showdown" with a dip lasting 1 hour, 45 ...

TOKYO -- Roughly half of the parents whose children have taken junior high school entrance exams in Japan said they "regret" ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump said the U.S. used a secret weapon he called "The Discombobulator" to disable ...

A massive winter storm made for a brutal travel day Sunday, with widespread cancellations and delays at some of the nation's ...

Young people appear more supportive than older generations of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's decision to call a snap ...

New ozeki Aonishiki won back-to-back championships Sunday at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament by defeating fourth-ranked ...