In Japan, power and sexual harassment are well-known issues that persist despite sparking strong social movements against ...

Aoyama Gakuin University retained its Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay title on Friday, breaking its own competition ...

Japan's main opposition party, led by former Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, has struggled to bolster its presence despite its ...

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Shoppers out for seasonal staples, discount merchandise and "lucky" New Year bags whose contents remain ...

On a cloudless day off the Philippines coast, Shigetoshi Kaneko held onto floating debris while adrift, clinging to hope ...

Flying gigantic kites over the ocean could potentially lessen the impact of torrential rain on land, a team of researchers ...

The government of Japan is engaging in comprehensive economic measures to address skyrocketing consumer prices, but are these ...

"Picky to Pocky no Haiku Ehon: Oshogatsu no Maki," written by Kozaburo Arashiyama and illustrated by Mizumaru Anzai ...

Shigeko Sasamori, a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima who underwent reconstructive surgery for her ...

South Korean investigators left the official residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after a near-six-hour standoff ...

Two people died and 19 were injured Thursday when a small plane crashed through the roof of a sprawling furniture manufactur ...

In recent years, occasions large and small -- parties, Super Bowls, mixed-martial arts fights, even Thanksgiving -- have ...