The Tokyo High Court basically upheld Wednesday a lower court ruling ordering the government to pay damages to residents in Ibaraki Prefecture hit by the 2015 Kinugawa river flooding. In...

ON BOARD A PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT PLANE – “You’re flying too close,” the Philippine pilot warned over the radio, as a Chinese military helicopter edged to within 3 meters of a...

About 70% of foreign nationals in Japan have been subjected to police questioning on the streets in the past five years — nearly six times more than Japanese — a...

Negotiations within the consortium proposing a ¥9 trillion ($60 billion) management buyout of Seven & I Holdings have stalled over disagreements on who will control the 7-Eleven operator after it...

Railway operators in Japan will restrict certain hazardous materials from being carried on board as part of a move to bolster security ahead of the 2025 Osaka Expo. The Japan...

Glasgow – Daizen Maeda scored twice as Celtic bounced back from a rare Scottish Premiership defeat to thrash third-placed Aberdeen 5-1 on Wednesday. Jota, Callum McGregor and Yang Hyun-jun were...

Japanese comedian Teruyoshi Uchimura and television announcer Asami Miura topped the list of ideal male bosses and that of female bosses, respectively, for the ninth consecutive year, a survey by...

WASHINGTON – Federal workers faced fresh uncertainty about their futures on Tuesday after Elon Musk gave them “another chance” to respond to his ultimatum that they justify their jobs or...

South Korea recorded the first increase in its fertility rate in nine years, in a rare piece of positive news for policymakers who have ramped up child care support in...