A Japanese professional baseball umpire who was struck on the head by a bat during a game two weeks ago is still unconscious, ...

The yen rose sharply Friday afternoon against the U.S. dollar briefly reaching the mid-155 level from the lower 157 range, ...

Hundreds of protesters clashed with Australian emergency services workers in a remote town following the arrest of a man ...

A municipal government employee in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, was arrested Thursday after parts of his wife's body were found inside an incinerator in the animal crematorium at the popular Asahiyama Zoo.

Police in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, on Friday appealed to the public for any information that might help apprehend the person or persons who killed a 15-year-old girl in 2008. Each year (except ...

A southwestern city on Friday marked the 70th anniversary of the official recognition of the Minamata mercury-poisoning ...

Two bank employees were fatally shot during a robbery in Kentucky and a search was underway for the suspect, authorities said Thursday. A man wearing a gray-white hoodie, gloves and a mask entered a ...

Golfers who left the PGA Tour for LIV golf should face consequences if they want to return, 2023 British Open champion Brian ...

The entire jury of the Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition has resigned, organizers said on Thursday, a week after ...

Police in Nagoya have arrested two men after they got out of a car which they crashed while being chased by a patrol car in Nagoya. The incident occurred at around 5:30 p.m. in Nakagawa Ward on ...

Jon Favreau has been dreaming about making a "Star Wars" movie for most of his life. He was 10 and half when the first film ...

Oil refiner Idemitsu Kosan Co will supply about 4 million barrels of crude oil to Vietnam at the request of the Japanese ...