Twenty-six-year-old Quentin Powers was born and raised in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., but for roughly two years ending l ...

Japan captain Wataru Endo has withdrawn from the country's World Cup squad due to a foot injury, the Japan Football As ...

A recent string of apparent bear attacks against people collecting wild plants in northeast Japan's Tohoku region has left ...

Where samurai once shaped history, visitors now whisk matcha. Nagoya's Banshoji Temple, linked to powerful 16th-century ...

Kyoto's Torin-in temple on Thursday began a special viewing of fallen Japanese stewartia blossoms, whose brief life made them ...

It was showtime at this city's Wakamatsu Citizen Hall as 18 people aged 65-plus, including 102-year-old Chisae Murakami, were ...

Julian Quinones and Raul Jimenez helped Mexico make an exuberant start to the World Cup on Thursday, scoring a goal each in a ...

The Nikkei stock index surged over 4 percent early Friday, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street amid hopes for an end to ...

Japanese Emperor Naruhito on Thursday refrained from commenting directly on the debate on securing an adequate number of ...

A group representing Japanese businesses in China on Thursday urged Beijing to enhance transparency in its implementation of ...

The United States and Iran could sign a peace deal as early as this weekend in Europe and the reopening of the Strait of ...

A 19-year-old man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of killing a high school girl who was found lying on a riverbank near ...