Ascendant star Onosato will be under an intense spotlight as he makes his yokozuna debut at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament ...

Voters in Japan now can find out whether candidates support same-sex marriage and separate surnames for married couples by ...

The climbing season on Mt. Fuji began in full on Thursday as all three trails on the Shizuoka Prefecture side were opened, with all local authorities charging an entrance fee of 4,000 yen ($27).

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was once again taken into custody Thursday over charges linked to his short-lived ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to impose a 50 percent tariff on all imports from Brazil starting Aug. 1, ...

A Russian court has ordered a local event organizer to pay Kodansha Ltd. 3.75 million rubles ($48,000) for the unauthorized ...

Get ready for the "Bungo Autumn Festival," a pre-celebration event leading up to the 10th anniversary of the "Bungo Stray ...

Japan plans to make foreign driver's license conversion tests more stringent by significantly increasing the number of questions, police said Thursday.

While prolonged use of smartphones and other digital devices has long been linked to nearsightedness, a rare eye ailment is ...

Ascendant star Onosato will be under an intense spotlight as he makes his yokozuna debut at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament starting Sunday, joining Mongolian-born Hoshoryu at the highest rank.

No deal before the initial July 9 deadline for U.S. "reciprocal" tariffs is expected to pressure Toyota Motor Corp. and other major carmakers to raise prices to offset higher import costs -- a strateg ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will head a presidential delegation to Osaka to attend the World ...