At least a dozen incidents involving vessels in and around the Strait of Hormuz have been confirmed by officials since the war began.

In 2025, bears killed more than a dozen people in the country and injured more than 200 others. That’s way up from the previous record, set in 2023, of six deaths. The threat gr ...

We have closed this page, but you can follow our ongoing live coverage of the war in the Middle East here Global oil prices have fallen in early trading in Asia on Tuesday - they had soared to almost ...

Shohei Ohtani and Japan knocked off Korea 8-6 today in pool play of the 2026 World Baseball Classic. Ohtani homered for the second straight game as the Japan team hit four home runs, including two by ...

Reports by Japanese outlets like NHK World, TBS News Dig, and FNN say the incident occurred back in December. Footage ...

As loneliness deepens in one of the world's fastest-ageing nations, a network of women delivering probiotic milk drinks has become a vital source of routine, connection and care.

The Memory Police, translated by Stephen Snyder, is one of Yoko Ogawa's most notable works; A must-read for contemporary fiction lovers.

Someone associated with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) law enforcement used ChatGPT to help manage smear campaigns against CCP critics, including the prime minister of Japan. Every so often, OpenAI ...

Japanese police arrested a man in his 60s after three people were wounded in a knife attack inside a public library in Fukuoka on Thursday evening. According to the Fukuoka Prefectural Police, an ...

An off-duty Hanover police officer was arrested early Monday morning in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash in Brockton that left a 23-year-old dead, police said. Officer Thomas Hayes was ...

Japanese government bonds and the yen have been on a volatile run since Prime Minister Takaichi announced her agenda of high spending and tax relief, and called for a snap election on Feb. 8. What's ...