Police in Isumi City, Chiba Prefecture, have arrested a 39-year-old Chinese man on suspicion of killing a 58-year-old woman who worked at the same company, a glassware manufacturer with over 900 ...

Taiwan has been "very moved" by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's comments last month on peace and stability even in the face of strong pressure, Premier Cho Jung-tai said on Friday. China and ...

A record 230 people were attacked by bears in Japan between April and November this year, preliminary government data shows. The figure for the first eight months of fiscal 2025 has already surpassed ...

As Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was finalizing her 18.3 trillion yen ($137 billion) spending plan last month, which in recent weeks has put Japan into a standoff with investors over the outlook for ...

Further heavy rain threatened Indonesia's flood-ravaged island of Sumatra on Saturday as the governor of one hard-hit province warned that the death toll could climb beyond 883 because of starvation.

A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born. A loud chorus of medical and ...

Federal agents have arrested a dozen people in Minneapolis since launching an enforcement operation this week primarily focused on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S., but fewer than half ...

Vincent Kriechmayr of Austria found the fastest line through challenging conditions to win a World Cup super-G on Friday that was called after 31 racers because of strong wind. Kriechmayr flew through ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin offered India uninterrupted fuel supplies on Friday, eliciting a cautious response even as he and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to expand trade and ...

A former high-level agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and an associate have been charged with conspiring to launder millions of dollars and obtain firearms and explosives for a ...

Kazuo Suzuki, an attorney with experience at the Consumer Affairs Agency who is versed in the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions and other legislation. Consumer affairs centers are fielding many ...

The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to take up the constitutionality of President Donald Trump's order on birthright citizenship declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States ...