The bodies of an elderly couple and their son were found in an apartment in Yamatotakada City, Nara Prefecture, on June 24, in what police believe was a murder-suicide. Police said Friday the deceased ...

Japan's agriculture minister said Friday the country would oppose any call by the European Union to add eels to an endangered species list that would limit trade in them. Eel is eaten worldwide but is ...

Iranian ambassador to Japan Peiman Seadat has urged Tokyo to stand against U.S. and Israeli strikes on nuclear facilities in his nation after President Donald Trump's remark likening the U.S. attacks ...

Hundreds of protesters gathered in Thailand’s capital on Saturday to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, part of the brewing political turmoil set off by a leaked phone ...

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U.S. President Donald Trump discussed cooperating with Japan on developing technology for his planned Golden Dome missile defence shield during a phone call with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ...

While Japan has some environmental problems it has yet to thoroughly understand and tackle, such as garbage in the Seto Inland Sea, overall, it’s a pretty clean country. The cities in particular are ...

A U.S. appeals court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump to maintain his deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles amid protests over stepped-up immigration enforcement, temporarily ...

Sweltering temperatures prompted heatstroke alerts in multiple Japanese regions on Wednesday, with dozens of people seeking emergency medical care in the capital Tokyo. The hot weather was headline ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has long bet that he can scare allies into submission — a gamble that is increasingly being tested ahead of the Group of Seven summit beginning Monday in Canada. He's ...

U.S. President Donald Trump once more appears to be losing patience with Vladimir Putin's warfare in Ukraine, but it remains unclear whether he will actually toughen his stand against the Kremlin ...

Mainz midfielder Kaishu Sano was called up by Japan on Friday for the first time since a public prosecutor closed a sexual assault investigation against him in July last year. The 24-year-old, who ...