Friendship: Is considered the purest and strongest of human feelings, encouraging mutual support and camaraderie among judoka ...

Hong Kong firefighters searched through a high-rise tower complex apartment-by-apartment Friday for more victims after a massive fire engulfed seven of its eight buildings, killing at least 128 people ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that he would end his Ukraine offensive if Kyiv withdrew from territory Moscow claims at its own -- otherwise his army would take it by force. The ...

Up to 70 percent of toilets were out of order and not flushing in Terminal 2 at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Friday morning, the building operator said. While Japan Airport Terminal Co was attempting to ...

A 69-year-old security guard was injured by a bear in a public toilet in front of JR Numata Station in Gunma Prefecture on Friday morning. At around 1:20 a.m., the injured man ran into a nearby koban ...

Charming Donald Trump one week, angering China the next, Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has had a busy start and is riding high in the polls, all on a few hours of sleep a night. But the ...

The Japanese government has established a new organization to review its subsidies and taxation as part of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's effort to pursue economic growth through what she calls "wise ...

Hong Kong police arrested the bosses of a construction company on suspicion of manslaughter on Thursday over the city's worst fire in nearly 80 years, which killed at least 83 people with scores more ...

The British government welcomed the news Thursday that net migration in the U.K., the difference between those moving to the country long-term and those leaving, fell by more than two-thirds in the ...

Japan's ruling bloc is set to regain its majority in the powerful House of Representatives as three independent lawmakers in the chamber have decided to join the in-house group of the Liberal ...

In February, the "Evangelion:30+ ; 30th Anniversary of Evangelion" fan event is set to take place at the Yokohama Arena indoor stadium in Yokohama, about half an hour south of downtown Tokyo. Some ...

President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday unveiled a new program meant to bolster France’s armed forces by training thousands of volunteers aged 18 and 19 starting next year, part of a broader response to ...