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

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

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

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

The Wakayama Prefectural Public Safety Commission on Jan. 16 suspended the driver's license of a man in his 60s for 30 days ...

The sun doesn't come out much during the winter in Fukui, Ishikawa and Toyama prefectures, the trio making up the Hokuriku ...

A now 88-year-old man who narrowly survived the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that devastated this west Japan city still ...

For a long time, Mustafa has been living in Japan on "provisional release," and he currently works at demolition sites. He ...

HONG KONG (AP) -- China's economy expanded at a 5% annual pace in 2024, achieving Beijing's target of "around 5%" growth ...

The Japan Sumo Association on Friday announced grand champion Terunofuji's retirement after an injury-plagued career.

A prizewinning Japanese author who lost her home in the recent wildfires in Los Angeles expressed dismay that the life she ...

The Japanese government started a process Friday to compensate victims of forced sterilization surgery under a now-defunct ...