TOKYO -- Certain types of whisky are global favorites: Scotch from Scotland, Irish whisky from Ireland, American blends like ...

Rescue personnel continued efforts to clear debris in an expanding sinkhole near Tokyo on Friday in the hope of saving a man ...

Myanmar's military government said it will extend a state of emergency for another six months, state media reported Friday, ...

Yoshihito Nishioka won, but Kei Nishikori lost Friday as Japan split the first two singles matches with Britain in their best ...

The Tokyo District Court on Jan. 30 dismissed a lawsuit filed by a group of eight part-time lecturers claiming their ...

Another piece featured Major League Baseball star Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who became the first to achieve ...

In a landmark ruling, the Osaka High Court recognized that a then 11-year-old girl with hearing difficulties who was killed ...

Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. said Friday they will unveil the details of their merger plan in mid-February, having ...

Japan's average unemployment rate in 2024 fell 0.1 percentage point from a year earlier to 2.5 percent, as fewer workers were ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says President Donald Trump's desire to acquire Greenland and retake control of the Panama ...

The Japanese government will ease its policy on releasing stockpiled rice as a step to counter rising prices, altering the ...

Tokyo continued to be a magnet for people in 2024, with a net influx of around 80,000 nearing the pre-pandemic 2019 level and ...