North Korea fired several ‌missiles including at least one short-range ballistic missile toward waters off the country's west coast ‌on Tuesday, South Korea's military ⁠said. The missiles were ...

The Japanese government will compile a supplementary budget for fiscal 2026 totaling more than 3 trillion yen ($19 billion) to brace for higher energy prices amid prolonged tensions in the Middle East ...

The bodies of two men and one women were found in a house in Ogaki City, Gifu Prefecture, on Sunday. According to police, a female relative of the occupants called 110 at around 4 p.m. and said that ...

Two 19-year-old men have been arrested for allegedly robbing four men of a backpack containing gold bars and injuring them on the street in Tokyo last month, police said Monday. According to the ...

Hyogo Prefectural Police have placed a 42-year-old man on a nationwide wanted list in connection with the murders of a 74-year-old woman and her 52-year-old daughter at their home in Tatsuno City, ...

Toshifumi Suzuki, the founder of Seven-Eleven Japan and ‌widely regarded as the father of Japan's convenience store industry, died of heart failure on May ‌18, Seven & i Holdings said ⁠on Monday. He ...

Izakaya are a unique part of Japanese food culture. Their closest analogy would be pubs, since izakaya serve a wide variety of alcoholic drinks and food meant to be paired with such beverages. Their ...

Senior officials in the Food and Drug Administration’s tobacco center were blindsided by a recent decision that opens the door to allowing more unauthorized electronic cigarettes and nicotine pouches ...

Nissan Motor Co has withdrawn a plan to manufacture powertrains for electric vehicles in Britain, a source familiar with the matter said Sunday, as the struggling Japanese automaker reviews its ...

A child in a traditional kimono stands between glowing robotic figures that connect people at Shinjuku Chuo Park, one of 12 light art installations at Tokyo Lights 2026, a nine-day creative festival ...

A person who opened fire Saturday on a White House security checkpoint is dead after being shot by officers who returned fire, the U.S. Secret Service said. It was the third incidence of gunfire in ...

A gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China has killed at least 90 people, state media reported on Saturday, the country's biggest mining disaster in 17 years. A total of 247 workers were ...