A car struck about 10 people in Tokyo on Monday, seriously injuring two of them, and the driver was arrested after fleeing ...

FUKUOKA—Ukrainian sekiwake Aonishiki continued his rapid and inspiring rise to the upper echelons of the sport by capturing ...

Japan “crossed a red line” with comments by its new leader suggesting a potential military intervention over Taiwan, Chinese ...

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

Ukrainian Aonishiki is filled with gratitude toward his Japanese “family” who helped him to enter the sumo world, win his ...

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.” ...

JOHANNESBURG--Poorer nations attending the Group of 20 summit in South Africa have used the meeting to push leaders on ...

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

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.

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

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