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

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 ...

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

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 ...

With each student in Japan receiving a tablet, digital devices nowadays are indispensable. At the same time, children's ...

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