Nearly 12 percent of convenience stores run by major operators have opted against around-the-clock operations, citing a worker shortage and declining late-night demand, a Kyodo News survey showed ...

Police in Gojo, Nara Prefecture, have arrested a 52-year-old man on suspicion of fatally assaulting his 76-year-old father at their home in April. Police said Yoshikatsu Fujimoto, a company employee, ...

Police on Monday arrested the common-law husband of a woman whose parents' burned bodies were found on a riverside in eastern Japan last month, investigative sources said, making him the fifth suspect ...

Three people, including a two-year-old boy, were killed in a collision involving a truck and two passenger vehicles in Isesaki City, Gunma Prefecture, on Monday. The accident occurred at around 4 p.m.

Japan has described as "regrettable" U.S. President Joe Biden's comment that "xenophobia" is stifling the Asian nation's economic growth, the top government spokesperson said on Tuesday. Last week ...

The long-awaited first crewed test flight of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft will be no earlier than Friday, NASA said, after the planned launch on Monday was halted over a fault with the Atlas V rocket ...

Japan will respond appropriately to excessive volatility in the foreign exchange market, its top currency diplomat said Tuesday in a fresh warning against "speculative" and "disorderly" yen moves ...

The European Union on Monday approved the $14 billion takeover of major American manufacturer U.S. Steel by Japan's Nippon Steel, which U.S. President Joe Biden has opposed. The European Commission ...

Yu Darvish pitched five scoreless innings, Luis Campusano drove in three runs and the San Diego Padres beat the Chicago Cubs 6-3 on Monday night. Darvish (2-1) allowed three hits in his second start ...

From Bad Bunny's Tudor-inspired hat and shoes resembling cloven hooves to the hummingbird perched delicately on Zendaya's ...

Australia has protested to Beijing through multiple channels that a Chinese fighter jet endangered an Australian navy helicopter with flares over international waters, the prime minister said Tuesday.

Spring is go time for climbers who hope to summit Mount Everest, Earth’s highest peak above sea level. Hundreds of ...