Honda is looking to capture half of the world’s market for motorcycles as industrywide sales of two-wheelers, both gas and electric, are tipped to reach 60 million units annually by...

Sydney – Firefighters were desperately trying to stop a cluster of fast-moving blazes in southeast Australia on Tuesday, as thousands of acres of national park burned and a farming community...

LOS ANGELES – Seven years before wildfires tore through opposite ends of the Los Angeles area, the Tubbs Fire in Northern California’s Sonoma County jumped a six-lane freeway and decimated...

Paris – Brazilian star Neymar ended his injury-plagued 18-month stay in Saudi Arabia on Monday as his club, Al Hilal, said it had “agreed to terminate the player’s contract by...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has toned down his stance on the proposed introduction of a selective dual-surname system for married couples. While previously being all in favor of such an...

A government panel has urged Norinchukin Bank to diversify its bond-heavy investment portfolio after the country’s largest agricultural lender racked up huge losses on foreign debt holdings. The committee advised...

In a bid for redemption after Fuji Television’s first, heavily criticized news conference addressing how it handled sexual misconduct allegations against TV personality Masahiro Nakai, the broadcaster held a second...

The world’s oceans are warming four times faster than they were in the late 1980s, according to a new study. The alarming acceleration helps explain why 2023 and 2024 saw...

Kibichuo, Okayama Pref. – PFAS concentrations in blood samples from 87.4% of those tested in a town in Okayama Prefecture exceeded a U.S. standard for the potentially carcinogenic chemicals. The...