U.S. streaming giant Netflix Inc is drawing mixed reactions for its exclusive broadcasting rights in Japan for the World Baseball Classic. Some online are complaining about needing a paid subscription ...

Four of the six crew members aboard a U.S. military ‌aircraft that crashed in western Iraq are confirmed to have been killed, the U.S. military said on ‌Friday, as rescue efforts continued for ⁠the ...

Police in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, have arrested a 29-year-old man on suspicion of fatally assaulting a man with whom he had been drinking, on a street on Thursday morning. According to police, ...

Japan's evacuations of its citizens and their family members from the war-hit Middle East has become one of the country's largest operations of its kind, exceeding the 2020 evacuation from China's ...

People walk through the artwork "Infinity Mirrored Room" during a preview of the new major exhibition of legendary Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, Germany, on Thursday.

This week marks 15 years since the March 11, 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami that devastated coastal communities in northeastern Japan’s Fukushima, Miyagi, and Iwate Prefectures. Even a decade and ...

Tokyo stocks fell Thursday, hurt by surging oil futures as the International Energy Agency's decision to conduct its largest stockpile release failed to ease market jitters over supply disruptions ...

One leukemia patient died and two others remain in critical condition after undergoing chemotherapy injections, a children's hospital near Tokyo said Wednesday. Saitama Prefectural Children's Medical ...

The average retail gasoline price in Japan rose to 161.80 yen per liter as of Monday, reflecting higher crude oil prices amid the Iran war, industry ministry data showed, with the price possibly ...

A Japanese zoo caring for a baby monkey who has become an internet sensation was forced to issue a statement denying he was being bullied, following an outpouring of concern online. Punch, a ...

Japan will begin drawing down its oil reserves as early as next Monday to deal with a possible sharp rise in gasoline and other petroleum product prices amid the Middle East conflict, Prime Minister ...

A giant vertical pipe at a sewer construction site in Osaka was pushed upward Wednesday, protruding more than 10 meters above the ground, police said. Osaka prefectural police said they received an ...