Tokyo stocks plunged Monday, with the Nikkei index losing over 2,800 points and marking the third-largest point drop in history, as crude oil futures surged amid growing prospects of a prolonged ...

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index plunged more than 6% early Monday after oil prices soared to over $100 a barrel due to disruptions from the war in the Middle East. The Nikkei was down 6.2% at ...

Every March, we look forward to the blooming of the sakura trees…and the blossoming of sakura sweets around Japan. One of the biggest purveyors of limited-time sakura sweets is Mister Donut, who’s ...

Australia must protect the visiting Iranian women's soccer team, the son of the nation's late shah urged Monday, warning their refusal to sing the national anthem before a match could have "dire ...

Police in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, have arrested a 42-year-old woman on suspicion of murder after she jumped into the sea on Sunday, carrying her 10-month-old son. The baby died but she survived.

Airline pilots have faced escalating risks in recent years, from drone incursions to flight paths squeezed by conflict. Now U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran are making the skies even more perilous and ...

President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was not concerned about rising U.S. gas prices driven by the widening Iran conflict, telling Reuters in an exclusive interview that the U.S. military ...

There’s a common assumption that if someone starts learning a language when they are very young, they will quickly become fluent. Many people also assume that it will become much harder to learn a ...

An 81-year-old woman was found dead in her apartment in Ome City, Tokyo, on Friday. A 52-year-old man believed to be her son was also found dead, after apparently having jumped from a bridge. Police ...

Fuel oil traders in Asia are struggling to secure alternative supply as the Iran war curtails shipments from key Middle Eastern suppliers through the Strait of ‌Hormuz, prompting them to look to the ...

Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei has said the company has "no choice" but to challenge in court the Pentagon's formal designation of the artificial intelligence firm as a risk to US national ...

Organizers of the Milan-Cortina Paralympics confirmed on Thursday that seven countries will boycott the opening ceremony in protest at Russian athletes being allowed to compete under their own flag ...