A district in this western Japan city has launched a program allowing residents to ride with students in school buses for a ...

Every semester, computer labs and "PC bangs" -- a type of internet cafe -- near Korean universities turn into absolute ...

A team including researchers at the University of Tokyo has reported in the U.S. journal Science that experiments in mice ...

Japan's space agency tested a prototype of a reusable rocket in Akita Prefecture in the country's northeast on Saturday, pav ...

A powerful typhoon was heading toward China's east coast Friday, the latest in a series of deadly storms that have already ...

A running event featuring a Super Mario-themed course will be held on Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido in the fall, ...

Japan and New Zealand agreed Friday during talks between their foreign ministers to strengthen bilateral security cooperation ...

Mayako Muroi, a Japanese pianist who continued her career past the age of 100, has died of natural causes at her Tokyo home, ...

Munetaka Murakami hit an RBI double in his first game back from the injured list, helping the Chicago White Sox to rout the ...

Wildfires raging across Europe have killed hundreds of people over the last decade, and climate change is set to push the ...

The Philippines expects to acquire five soon-to-be-retired Japanese destroyers, Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro recently ...

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Friday that his Vietnamese counterpart Phan Van Giang will make a four-day ...