The share of women among national public service personnel hired in fiscal 2024 hit a record high for the sixth year in a row ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday was formally elected leader of the National Democratic Alliance coalition, ...

Joining a rapidly spreading trend, Uniqlo’s Tenjin outlet in Fukuoka’s Chuo Ward started selling used clothes in April.

Accidents caused by motorists who mistakenly enter restricted work areas along expressways have more than doubled over the ...

Fans of veteran slapstick comedian Ken Shimura were so shocked by his sudden death in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic ...

A senior director at NHK, Omori has remained the sole “historical fact checker” in this mammoth organization for the last 25 ...

MANILA--Sea turtles still scramble from the waters of Batangas Bay, paddling up the sand to bury their eggs. Coral reefs that ...

Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward plans to extend its ban on drinking on the streets to cover the entire year, while Shinjuku Ward is ...

OTSU--Shiga prefectural police announced the arrest June 8 of a local man already on parole in the slaying of a volunteer ...

The 77th Cannes Film Festival was a chance for Japan to show it is up there with the best of them. By the time the event ...

Elderly people in Japan are getting “younger” in terms of health, likely due to being more socially active than previous ...

SEOUL--The United States flew a long-range B-1B bomber over the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday for its first precision-guided ...