Ise, Mie Pref. – Former Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, on Saturday rejected the idea of forming a grand coalition with...

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece – The Ukrainian soldiers arrived in Greece with marks of war — one with a head scar, another with both legs amputated above the knee, some with...

Tomiko Itooka, recognized by Britain’s Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest person in September last year, has died in western Japan, health ministry and other officials said Saturday. She...

U.S. President Joe Biden is set to order a ban on new offshore oil and gas development across some 625 million acres of U.S. coastal territory, ruling out the sale...

The Islamic State group has lost thousands of fighters to death or prison and suffered the demise of its self-declared caliphate in Iraq and Syria. But the global reach of...

Japan’s Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance wants to seek more acquisitions overseas, where it’s prepared to spend to buy attractive assets. “There is no such thing as ‘too expensive’ when it...

For months, United States Steel argued that selling out to Japanese-owned Nippon Steel was the only way to survive. President Joe Biden thought different, concluding that even a takeover by...

WASHINGTON – U.S. cities are grappling with a quickly changing landscape in how to respond to a worsening homelessness crisis, following a ground-breaking Supreme Court decision in June and ahead...

Seoul – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit South Korea for talks next week, the two countries announced Friday, with Seoul mired in political turmoil as its impeached...