Roughly 30% of the 662 educational corporations running private universities, junior colleges and other schools nationwide ...

As Children's Day on May 5 approaches, 71-year-old sixth-generation artisan Takeshi Takada is seen hand-painting the final ...

Central Japan's Mie Prefecture is considering reinstating a nationality requirement that would limit local public-service ...

The United States attacked and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship it said had tried to evade a naval blockade near the ...

North Korea said Monday it test-fired improved ballistic missiles carrying cluster warheads the previous day, with the ...

Police say the Louisiana gunman who shot up two houses early Sunday killed seven of his own children and wounded their mother ...

A bear about 1.5 meters long spent hours lurking in bushes in a residential area in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on ...

Takaichi, Japan's first female prime minister, who was not widely known for her diplomatic experience before taking office, ...

A humanoid robot that won a half-marathon race for robots in Beijing on Sunday ran faster than the human world record in a ...

The Japanese government has begun financially supporting municipalities' efforts to help foreign residents better understand ...

Munetaka Murakami went deep in back-to-back games for his seventh home run as the Chicago White Sox endured a 7-6 walk-off ...

A U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon came under attack with small arms fire Saturday morning, leaving one French ...