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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Toyota Motor Corp said Thursday its global output in October rose 3.8 percent from a year earlier to 926,987 units, hitting a record high for a single month for the first time in nearly two years, ...

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 ...

Among Japan's growing number of "selective singles" -- people who choose not to marry -- are women who decide to become mothers through sperm donation. While feeling a deep desire for children, these ...

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 ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a National Guard member had died after being shot in an ambush by an Afghan national near the White House, an attack that drew accusations from his ...

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 ...

Last summer, we reported on an announcement by the police that a certain toy gun found in crane games across Japan was deemed a real gun. Honestly, it’s a little laughable, since even though the toy ...