Four railway workers died on Aug. 20 after being struck by a Spacia X limited express train while clearing vegetation near ...

The International Criminal Court on Wednesday slammed the latest U.S. sanctions targeting senior ICC staff, including its ...

NAIROBI—Seven people, including five Americans and Ecuador's intelligence head, were ‌killed on Wednesday when the ⁠tourist ...

SAPPORO--A rebranded Sapporo Snow Festival next year will focus on the themes of environmental protection and sustainability, ...

A major earthquake that registered a maximum seismic intensity of 7 rocked Kumamoto Prefecture at 4:27 p.m. on July 28, causing casualties, damaging or destroying infrastructure and disrupting ...

A magnitude-6.1 earthquake rattled northeastern Japan early Sunday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the latest in a series of major temblors hitting the region. No tsunami warning was ...

The Defense Ministry is gunning for its largest budget ever in its initial budget request of about 8.9 trillion yen ($56.1 ...

Keiko Kishi, the Japanese film star who shot to fame in the 1953 blockbuster “Kimi no Na wa” and went on to build an ...

The United Arab Emirates suspended all trade with Iran on Wednesday after the UAE said it had come under renewed fire from ...

MOSCOW--Russia delivered a strong protest to Japan's ambassador to Moscow on Tuesday over what it called anti-Russian ...

U.S. stocks rose Wednesday after the U.S. Treasury Department announced a move that could ease pressure coming from the bond ...

WASHINGTON—The Pacific-based aircraft carrier USS George Washington has begun heading toward the Middle East as reports have emerged of mental health and supply issues aboard the long-deployed USS ...