A man was arrested in the Japanese city of Osaka after allegedly plowing his car deliberately into seven schoolchildren on Thursday, local media said. The children, who had been on their way home from ...

A 27-year-old U.S. Marine in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture has been indicted for allegedly raping a woman and injuring another in a U.S. military base restroom last month, according to local prosecutors.

A baby has been left for the first time at a "baby hatch" that opened at a hospital in Tokyo’s Sumida Ward on March 31. The “baby hatch” is for a parent or parents to anonymously leave newborn infants ...

The Bank of Japan revised down its growth forecasts and held interest rates steady on Thursday, warning that trade tariffs are fuelling global economic uncertainty. Since taking office in January, U.S ...

In July 1999, manga author Ryo Tatsuki published "Watashi ga Mita Mirai" (The Future I Saw) which was based on her own dream journal she had been keeping for years. In the manga, she explains how the ...

Australia's center-left Labor government is likely to retain power in a close-run national election this weekend, two opinion polls showed on Thursday, with voters ranking U.S. President Donald ...

According to 60-cycle of the Asian zodiac, 2026 will be Hinoeuma, the Year of the Fire Horse. Not just any horse year, but one that is said to be particularly inauspicious for females to be born.

Cristiano Ronaldo's Al Nassr crashed out of the Asian Champions League Elite semifinals on Wednesday when they were beaten 3-2 by Japan's Kawasaki Frontale. Ronaldo, a five-time winner of the UEFA ...

Swedish police have arrested a teen suspect after three youths aged from 15 to 20 were killed in a shooting at a hair salon, authorities said Wednesday, with rising concern over gang violence in the ...

Manners are important in Japan, and while most of the country’s etiquette has its roots in common sense, certain points might not be so intuitive for visitors from other parts of the world. Thankfully ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday acknowledged that his tariffs could result in fewer and costlier products in the United States, saying American kids might "have two dolls instead of 30 dolls, ...

Near the end of President Donald Trump’s marathon cabinet meeting Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio noted that the U.S. has brought home 47 wrongfully detained Americans so far in Trump’s ...