A 30-year-old man has been arrested in Oarai town, Ibaraki Prefecture, on suspicion of injuring a 41-year-old woman by stabbing her with garden shears. A woman in her 70s was also found dead near the ...

The arrest of a U.S. Marine on suspicion of robbing and killing a local woman in Okinawa has drawn condemnation from Japan's ...

France left it late to beat Belgium 4-1 in the Nations League as Zinedine Zidane got his first home win as the national coach ...

South Korea's Asian Games soccer captain apologized on Sunday for boasting that his gold medal meant he did not have to do military service. South Korea defeated hosts Japan 1-0 on Saturday in the men ...

The U.S. Air Force has brought home its bombers stationed at a U.S.-run military air base in England used to strike Iran following an investigation into a planned terror attack at the RAF Fairford ...

I was riding the Ichibata Electric Railway in Shimane Prefecture when a “manners poster” caught my eye. Within a frame of ...

A recent BBC report described women posing as men to get hold of testosterone gel, hoping to improve their menopause symptoms, because female testosterone products are not easily available to them.

Rice stink bugs, a native species in Japan that feeds on rice, are rapidly increasing nationwide and causing widespread damage, with experts and the government warning that their habitat could further ...

The 13-year-old Chinese swimmer Yu Zidi said "I'm no prodigy" after she was named Asian Games MVP on Sunday following three record-breaking displays in Japan. The schoolgirl, who looks poised to take ...

For some Studio Ghibli characters, the marketing potential is obvious. Totoro, for example, is so invitingly cuddly-looking ...

Central Tokyo's record-breaking streak of rainy days ended Saturday after 37 days of showers, according to the weather agency. It did not rain in the capital on Saturday after the influence of ...