A plane burst into flames after veering off a runway at an airport in South Korea, killing at least 28 people on board, ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared at a key ruling party meeting that the country will adopt "the toughest anti-U.S.

The year 2024 saw some train and bus operators in Japan switch to contactless credit card fare payment systems in lieu of ...

Shohei Ohtani is adding a newcomer to his family lineup. The 30-year-old Los Angeles Dodgers superstar posted on his ...

A social welfare corporation in the west Japan city of Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, is pushing ahead with a digital ...

Around 80 percent of female inmates in Japan last year were convicted on charges of theft or violating drug laws, with the ...

MOSCOW (AP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a ...

LONDON (AP) -- Olivia Hussey, the actor who starred as a teenage Juliet in the 1968 film "Romeo and Juliet," has died, her ...

A former coal mine here that was closed in 1994 is still attracting visitors aspiring to see the rare sight of a shaft mouth.

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Long lines snaked out in front of Kansai International Airport's check-in counters on Dec. 27 as travelers prepared to leave ...

The Supreme Public Prosecutors Office and Shizuoka Prefectural Police recently released the findings of their review into the ...