A Japanese professional baseball umpire who was struck on the head by a bat during a game two weeks ago is still unconscious, ...

The yen rose sharply Friday afternoon against the U.S. dollar briefly reaching the mid-155 level from the lower 157 range, ...

A municipal government employee in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, was arrested Thursday after parts of his wife's body were found inside an incinerator in the animal crematorium at the popular Asahiyama Zoo.

Police in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, on Friday appealed to the public for any information that might help apprehend the person or persons who killed a 15-year-old girl in 2008. Each year (except ...

A southwestern city on Friday marked the 70th anniversary of the official recognition of the Minamata mercury-poisoning ...