Ruka Hirano leads a Japanese sweep of the men's snowboarding halfpipe podium at a World Cup event in Aspen, Colorado.

An 18-year-old high school student is arrested for allegedly stabbing to death a woman on a southwestern Japan island last ...

Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato expresses serious concern over the potential impact of U.S. tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico.

Myanmar marks four years since the coup that ousted the elected government led by Aung San Suu Kyi, with the junta extending ...

A major Japanese credit card company plans to introduce touch payments for public transportation tickets across Japan in 2026 at the earliest, aiming to make travel easier for foreign tourists who ...

For the past two decades, a traditional "ryokan" inn in southwestern Japan has been spreading its hospitality more broadly than most, dedicating more than half of its rooms to give shelter to stray ...

Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani says he had to evacuate for about two weeks when the Los Angeles wildfires came close to his home last month.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an order enacting tariffs of 25 percent on imports from Canada and Mexico, and ...

Yoshihito Nishioka and Kei Nishikori win their reverse singles matches as Japan came from behind to beat Britain 3-2 in the first round of the Davis Cup team tennis qualifiers.

With an increasing number of Muslims living in Japan, there has been a growing demand for burial plots to conform with their ...

Two-time Olympic figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu on Friday reacted to the death of U.S. figure skating icon and ...

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani says he and his new U.S. counterpart Pete Hegseth agreed to beef up their nations' ...