For decades, Japan's defense spending remained around 1% of GDP. Just two and a half years ago, at the end of 2022, the ...

Hokkaido University's chemistry department has permitted several associate professors -- who had previously complained of ...

Executives at a major home tutoring operator on June 25 apologized to Kumamoto Mayor Toshiharu Takaoka for an error in online ...

A landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling 10 years ago on June 26, 2015, legalized same-sex marriage across the U.S.

Tokyo stocks climbed Thursday for a third straight day, with the Nikkei index ending at a five-month high, boosted by ...

Vietnam has lifted the death penalty for eight crimes in legal reforms that may spare the life of a real estate tycoon ...

A bear was spotted Thursday at Yamagata Airport in northeastern Japan, prompting the closure of its runway and flight ...

A Japanese woman was confirmed dead and another rescued alive after the two became stranded on Mt. Huascaran, Peru's highest ...

East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) will introduce a new overnight limited express train set to run between the Tokyo ...

Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed no runs and just one hit in a rain-shortened, five-inning start Wednesday as he pitched the Los ...

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) secured its lowest number of seats ever in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election on ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday equated the American military's weekend airstrikes on Iran's key nuclear facilities ...