A 73-year-old man walking along a road died was hit by a motorcycle on Saturday morning and then died about 12 hours later ...

Japanese panda fans gathered Sunday for the final public viewing at Tokyo's Ueno zoo before twins Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei return to China this week. Their departure on Tuesday will leave Japan with no ...

The Japanese government has urged major social media operators to respond quickly to requests to remove false or misleading information related to the Feb 8 general election, stressing the importance ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Sunday she aims to begin implementing a two-year suspension of the 8 percent consumption tax on food and beverage items within fiscal 2026, starting in April. "My ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Saturday she has not heard directly from the United States that Japan's defense spending ...

Hidemi Suzuki, a specially appointed professor specializing in constitutional law and media law at Kokushikan University. In ...

Hiroshima Prefectural Police have referred a 47-year-old male police sergeant to prosecutors for allegedly assaulting a ...

Opposition lawmaker Kazuhiro Haraguchi said Saturday he will launch a new party ahead of the general election next month, ...

Heavy snow continued to fall in areas along the Sea of Japan coast on Saturday, with the country's weather agency warning of ...

New Zealand authorities suspended recovery efforts on Sunday for victims ‌of a landslide that hit a busy campground on the country's North Island. Six people, including two ⁠teenagers, are presumed ...

Videos quickly emerged Saturday showing the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis protester by a Border Patrol agent, with Democratic leaders in Minnesota saying the footage showed the deadly encounter was ...

Ukraine and Russia ended a second day of U.S.-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi on Saturday without a deal but with more talks expected next weekend, even as overnight Russian airstrikes knocked out power ...