Jens van ’t Wout of the Netherlands won the gold medal in 1,500-meter short track speedskating on Saturday night, adding to his Olympic haul after winning gold in the 1,000 earlier this week at the ...

A video in which a cosplayer of the protagonist from Japanese manga series "Death Note" hints at the death of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has gone viral in China, according to Taiwan media.

It must have seemed odd when the owners of a warehouse in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, noticed back in November that a single toilet bowl and water tank had been stolen. Sure, if someone had come in ...

Mergers and acquisitions are effective in improving profitability and boosting labor productivity and wages in Japan, the Cabinet Office said Tuesday in its annual economic report on ways to achieve ...

The Maebashi District Court in Gunma Prefecture has sentenced a 71-year-old man to 20 years in prison for driving a truck while drunk and crashing it into a car, killing three people, in Isesaki City, ...

Usually, when planning to use the shinkansen (bullet train), you’ll need to make a choice between booking a reserved or non-reserved seat. This month, however, East Japan Railway Company (JR East) ...

A Japanese research vessel returned to a port in central Japan on Saturday after collecting mud containing rare earth elements as part of a study on the feasibility of extracting critical minerals ...

A worker died on Saturday in a traditional mountain burning event at Akiyoshidai park in Yamaguchi Prefecture, the site of Japan's largest karst plateau, having suffered severe burns all over his body ...

A Shinto shrine in Tokyo's Suginami Ward has become a place where visitors pray not for wealth or long life, but for something far less predictable. Located within the grounds of Koenji Hikawa Shrine, ...

Brazilian director Karim Ainouz's surreal satire "Rosebush Pruning" premiered on Saturday at the Berlin Film Festival with one of the program's starriest casts portraying an outrageously spoiled and ...

As outrage spreads over energy-hungry data centers, politicians from President Donald Trump to local lawmakers have found rare bipartisan agreement over insisting that tech companies — and not regular ...

He's acted as Nicole Kidman's love interest, delivered an acclaimed directorial debut, and been cast in Sam Mendes' upcoming "The Beatles" films, but Britain's Harris Dickinson insists he's keeping ...