Japanese police have arrested four people for allegedly selling at an online auction elephant tusks as mammoth tusks to evade ...

Three stranded Taiwanese climbers were found safe on a mountain in Fukushima Prefecture on Wednesday, police said, following ...

TOKYO -- The U.S. government has temporarily suspended new interview appointments for three types of visas at its diplomatic ...

A mechanism by which pancreatic cancer, known as a difficult-to-treat form of cancer, becomes malignant has been uncovered by ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani was named National League Player of the Month for May on Tuesday, becoming the first ...

South Korea's new President Lee Jae Myung was at the forefront of protests against the imposition of martial law by then ...

Tokyo stocks climbed Wednesday morning, lifted by semiconductor-related shares after advances by their U.S. counterparts ...

Japanese baseball luminaries and other sporting figures have paid tribute to Yomiuri Giants icon Shigeo Nagashima, who died ...

Japan's government has started selling older stored rice to lower rice prices. Usually, the rice stays in storage to help ...

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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday expressed hope for a stable improvement in ties with South Korea under ...

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