Bullet train services between Tokyo and Osaka were temporarily halted Friday after a fire broke out near a track in central ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, but he is sending Vice President ...

The western Japan city of Kobe and nearby areas on Friday marked the 30th anniversary of the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that ...

The prosecution described the crime as "exploiting women for profit" and sought a sentence of two years and six months in ...

The Osaka District Court on Jan. 16 ordered the Japanese government to pay 400,000 yen (approx. $2,600) in compensation to a ...

A flock of winter migratory birds called tsukushigamo (common shelducks) have been visiting the Wajiro tidal flats in the ...

South Korean investigators plan to request an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday over his imposition of ...

A former MUFG Bank employee accused of stealing valuables from customer safe deposit boxes reportedly admitted to using ...

People trembled with joy, embracing each other with smiles. Amid the deafening roar of explosions and the loss of countless ...

President Joe Biden in his Wednesday farewell speech to the nation warned that American democracy was sliding into an ...

Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday the formation of a Canada-U.S. relations council to ...

On a recent day fighting the Los Angeles wildfires, a fire crew's radios crackled to life, warning of nearby flames as ...