A 3-year-old boy has died after being caught up in a multi-vehicle accident in Fukuoka City on Sunday. Police have arrested a 68-year-old man on suspicion of dangerous driving resulting in injury.

Australia forecast on Monday that deaths would exceed births for the first time in the 2060s, a ‌demographic shift with far-reaching implications for an economy grappling with an aging population, ...

Japan’s prefectural governors are intensifying their campaign for onsen culture to be recognized as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2030 with the hosting of the inaugural Onsen Hot Spring ...

President Donald Trump's administration has prepared sanctions against the entire International Criminal Court and plans to ...

President Donald Trump has renewed his attacks on the Federal Reserve after it hiked its benchmark interest rate Wednesday, ...

Japan's population aged 65 or older accounted for a record 29.6 percent of the total, the government estimated Sunday, with the proportion remaining the highest among countries with populations ...

The town of Yugawara in Kanagawa Prefecture seems like it should be a very tranquil place. A seaside hot spring town, with baths and inns dotting the cityscape as it stretches up into the mountains as ...

A senior official with the Iran-backed Houthi rebels is warning countries against joining Saudi Arabia in Yemen’s revived civil war, telling The Associated Press on Sunday that his group has assured ...

Led by 13-year-old Yu Zidi, China dominated the first day of swimming at the Asian Games with Yu and defending Olympic champion Pan Zhanle taking gold. Yu easily won the 200-meter butterfly on Sunday ...

The approval rating for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's newly reshuffled cabinet rose to 53 percent in a Kyodo News poll, while many respondents said a planned temporary consumption tax cut would have ...

The sneaker company Converse has removed a social media ad that sparked outrage among critics who viewed it as evoking the Ku ...

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) took first place in state elections in northeastern Germany on Sunday, exit polls showed, ...