Police on Thursday were looking for the driver of a car that plowed into a group of elementary school children on Wednesday afternoon, seriously injuring four of them, in Misato City, Saitama ...

Japan's top trade negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, could travel to Washington as soon as next week for a third round of trade talks with the U.S., two sources with knowledge of the plans told Reuters on ...

The U.N. aviation agency blamed Russia Monday for the downing of a Malaysian jetliner over Ukraine in 2014, leading to the deaths of 298 people. Australia and the Netherlands, the countries with most ...

Hiromasa Nakano, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, left, and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, make an administrative inspection by boat along the Nihonbashi River in Tokyo on Monday ...

Multiple congressional Republicans raised concerns on Tuesday about President Donald Trump's desire to accept a $400 million airplane from Qatar, with at least one noting doing so could pose a ...

Japan's health ministry is set to eliminate out-of-pocket payments associated with child delivery, possibly from April next year, to address the country's declining birthrate. One proposed approach in ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday furiously rejected ethics concerns over his plans to receive a jet from Qatar to be used as Air Force One, saying it would be "stupid" not to accept such a gift. ...

Holding an oversized carrot, a brawny, shirtless man promotes a supplement he claims can enlarge male genitalia -- one of countless AI-generated videos on TikTok peddling unproven sexual treatments.

In just a few weeks, it will be the rainy season in Japan, which marks the start of summer. From there on, the temperature will only start to rise. Staying cool isn’t just about comfort; it’s a ...

Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Wednesday urged the country's anti-counterfeit task force to devise new ways to fight fake goods, trade frauds and smuggling, the government said in a ...

The Tokyo government has begun work to redevelop a two-kilometer expressway which encircles the capital's Ginza shopping district into an elevated greenway for pedestrians by the 2040s. The Tokyo Sky ...

A bag containing an inflammable signal flare tube fell from a U.S. military helicopter over the Motobu peninsula in northern Okinawa Prefecture in Japan on Tuesday, the local Defense Ministry bureau ...