A 66-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly attempting to kill a man in his 40s by stabbing him with a knife at an apartment in Nishitokyo, Tokyo. Police said Katsuharu Kondo had reportedly ...

Japan's Justice Ministry plans to launch a trial to track sex offenders on parole via GPS as early as fiscal 2027, a ministry official said Tuesday. The ministry hopes data from a GPS device, which ...

A 6-year-old boy attending a special needs school in Sakata City, Yamagata Prefecture, has gone missing, police said Monday. The missing child, Yuto Takahashi, was last seen by a local resident at a ...

Tokyo tourist hotspot Shinjuku will impose a ban on more than half of its holiday rentals including homes on Airbnb, an official said Monday, after a surge in complaints about visitors. Known for its ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Saturday rejected criticism that the revised Imperial House Law blocks female succession to the Chrysanthemum Throne, saying it is solely intended to secure ...

Asian shares were trading mixed on Monday, with benchmarks in Tokyo and Seoul leading gains thanks to buying of computer chipmakers' stocks. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 added 2.1% to finish at 66,399 ...

Thousands of Queen fans sang, cheered and partied at the Freddie Mercury statue in Montreux on Saturday to celebrate what would have been the legendary British singer's 80th birthday. Wearing some ...

Jaguar Land Rover said Monday that it would cut "around 4,000 roles over the next two years", or about 10 percent of its global workforce, in a further blow to Europe's automobile industry. The ...

Heavy rainfall hit eastern Japan and elsewhere on Monday, with the weather agency urging maximum vigilance against landslides on Niijima, Oshima and Toshima islands, south of Tokyo, and a woman dying ...

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged into first place in state elections in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, exit polls showed, putting a far-right party on the cusp of power at state level ‌for the first ...

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani is unlikely to pitch again this season, team manager Dave Roberts said Sunday. The Japanese has suffered multiple injuries, missing four consecutive ...