China and Japan gave conflicting versions of a maritime confrontation involving their coast guards and a Japanese fishing vessel around the disputed Senkaku islands on Tuesday. China's Coast Guard ...

Relatives of nine victims who died in the collapse of the Sasago tunnel ceiling in Yamanashi Prefecture on Dec 2, 2012, gathered at the site on Tuesday to attend a memorial ceremony. Central Nippon ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remark, "I will work, work, work, work and work," was selected as Japan's top catchphrase for 2025, the award's organizer, T&D Holdings, said Monday. Takaichi ...

Japan on Tuesday fully transitioned to a system that integrates health insurance card functions into the My Number identification cards, even as challenges remain in expanding its use. While existing ...

Chiba Prefectural Police have arrested a Chinese man in his 30s after an incident at Tokyo DisneySea Hotel MiraCosta in Urayasu City, Chiba Prefecture, on Monday night. According to police, the ...

A range of blockbuster weight-loss and diabetes drugs could help shift the trajectory of the global obesity epidemic, which affects over one billion people worldwide, the World Health Organization ...

Governments and aid groups in Indonesia and Sri Lanka worked to rush aid Tuesday to hundreds of thousands stranded by deadly flooding that has killed around 1,200 people in four countries. Torrential ...

The draw for the men's 2027 Rugby World Cup takes place in Sydney on Wednesday. It will be the biggest Rugby World Cup, with 24 teams, compared to 20 in recent editions. AFP Sport looks at how the ...

Cuba on Monday confirmed the deaths of 33 people from mosquito-borne illnesses in recent months in an epidemic that has hit at least one-third of the population, according to official reports. Deputy ...

Sheffield Wednesday was deducted another six points amid its financial troubles on Monday, leaving the historic English club on -10 points and massively adrift in last place in the second-tier ...

Japan and Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani has recently established a foundation, joining many top sporting figures in the United States in making the move with his aimed at offering ...

Colonel Ryan Laughton, commander of U.S. Space Forces Japan which is based at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo, He said he plans to step up cooperation with Japan to monitor activities in space.