Former BBC news anchor Huw Edwards has been handed down a suspended sentence for possessing sexual images of children.

A large tropical storm that is gaining strength may approach Okinawa Prefecture and the Amami region of Kagoshima Prefecture ...

Officials at the Bank of Japan will be holding their first policy-setting meeting this week since hiking their benchmark ...

An international projection mapping competition was held in Tokyo on Monday, illuminating the Japanese capital with vibrant ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to increase the size of his country's military by 180,000 troops to 1.5 ...

Prosecutors in Florida have laid charges in what they say was a second attempt to assassinate former US President Donald ...

A railway operator in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, has started running a new train service to educate people about the ...

One of Japan's most famous Buddhist temples plans to raise its admission fees to cover the growing costs of management and ...

The number of centenarians in Japan has topped 95,000, marking a record high for the 54th consecutive year. Our site uses cookies and other technologies to give you the best possible experience. By ...

A Japanese official of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, or UNRWA, says UN organizations are currently negotiating with Israel, so that the second round of polio vaccinations can start in Gaza ...

Former US President Donald Trump has claimed that rhetoric used by his Democratic rivals led to an apparent assassination attempt against him in Florida on Sunday.

Companies in Japan are increasingly reaching out to their former employees to cope with labor shortages and explore new business prospects.