The inhumane treatment of inmates who have been sentenced to death has come under increased scrutiny in Japan, with legal ...

Panicking, the woman withdrew her savings and used it to buy a 1.3-kilogram gold bar then worth about 17.7 million yen ...

One person was killed and 10 remained unaccounted for Saturday after heavy rainfall in Noto, a central Japan region that was ...

Voting ended in Sri Lanka's presidential election Saturday as the country seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis i ...

Major Japanese convenience store operator Lawson Inc., telecommunications giant KDDI Corp. and Lawson's parent company ...

Many couples in Japan are giving up on having their ideal number of children, including those who are hesitant to have ...

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An Israeli strike on a school in northern Gaza on Saturday killed at least 22 people, according to the Gaza Health M ...

The leaders of Australia, India, Japan and the United States agreed Saturday to expand cooperation on maritime securit ...

The woodblocks of a massive trove of precious documents compiled by an Edo-period (1603-1867) scholar have been preserved in ...

Retired former ozeki Takakeisho said Saturday he could not steel himself to get back in the ring after dealing with nagging ...

One person was killed, and more than 10 people are missing after unprecedented rainfall Saturday in Noto, the region in ...