A 69-year-old security guard was attacked by a bear in a public restroom in the eastern Japan city of Numata, Gunma ...

The Nikkei stock index ended higher for the fourth straight day on Friday, with hopes for a U.S. rate cut lending support, ...

A bank here and one of its employees who saved an elderly woman from losing money to a medical expense refund scam received ...

The final day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament was held in the city of Fukuoka on November 23. Sekiwake Aonishiki defeated ...

HONG KONG (Kyodo) -- A massive fire in a high-rise residential complex in Hong Kong has been "largely put out" after almost ...

Three figure skaters from Russia and Belarus, including an Olympic gold medal prospect, were approved Thursday by the IO ...

U.S. proposals to end the war between Russia and Ukraine offer a starting point for talks, Russian President Vladimir Putin ...

President Donald Trump said that one of the two West Virginia National Guard members shot by an Afghan national near ...

A Japanese court on Friday ruled that the country's ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional and rejected plaintiffs' ...

A man was attacked by a bear inside a public restroom near a train station in Gunma Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, in the ...

Japan's industrial output in October rose 1.4 percent from the previous month, propelled by robust production of passenger ...

Hong Kong's worst fire in memory was still smoldering in several apartment towers Thursday as firefighters struggled to ...