Chiben Wakayama grabbed Japan's prestigious summer national high school baseball championship for the fourth time with a ...

A research team has found that bacterial strains in river sediments contaminated with so-called forever chemicals can remove ...

The Kanagawa Prefectural Police force introduced major changes to its police academy in July, reflecting a broader effort to ...

TikTok has reached a $400 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, ending a 2024 lawsuit alleging the company ...

Six Myanmar nationals working at a farm in Hokkaido, northern Japan, have been given shelter by a local labor union after ...

Students at a high school in this southwest Japan city will display a 3.5-meter-tall cardboard model based on the popular ...

Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw 6-1/3 innings of two-run ball but did not factor in the decision as the Los Angeles Dodgers walked ...

The former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch is mentally competent to stand trial as he faces sex trafficking charges after being ...

Philanthropist Nancy Kissinger, onetime foreign policy researcher and wife of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, has ...

Miyu Yamashita opened a five-stroke lead Friday in the CPKC Women's Open as players again fought mosquitoes on the tree-line ...

An 18-year-old man with a sword attacked a school Friday in central Sweden, leaving one person dead and at least two others ...

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