Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki has become the first from his country to win an elite-level sumo championship.

An aquarium worker here has created an affordable, compact pressurized container that can restore the health of deep-sea fish ...

JOHANNESBURG--Poorer nations attending the Group of 20 summit in South Africa have used the meeting to push leaders on climate action and high levels of debt, issues directly affecting the developing ...

While riot police officers are authorized to shoot bears to combat an alarming rise in bear-related injuries and deaths ...

A university team became the first competitor to complete a robotics rescue mission that was previously deemed “reckless.” ...

Jinbocho, Tokyo’s famed district for secondhand books, a stucco building stands out with bookshelves covering its outer walls. The eye-catching display often stops people in their tracks.

NARA--Tetsuya Yamagami, the man accused of murdering former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, expressed remorse for his actions but ...

South Korean Kim Yong-ho thought he would die within seconds after a 200-kilogram (441-pound) industrial press at a Hyundai ...

OITA—Firefighters continued to battle a blaze in Oita city’s Saganoseki district on Nov. 19 after a body was found in the ...

TAIPEI/TOKYO--Taiwan has lifted all restrictions on food imports from Japan that were introduced after the Fukushima nuclear ...

NIIGATA—Niigata Governor Hideyo Hanazumi announced on Nov. 21 that he has approved the restart of Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s ...

Philippine police and other law enforcement teams were deployed to arrest 18 suspects in a projects that has sparked huge ...