One of Japan's biggest pop stars and best-known TV hosts, Masahiro Nakai, announced his retirement Thursday over sexual misconduct allegations, reports said, in the latest scandal to rock Japan's ...

A man died after jumping from the 4th floor inside the New Chitose Airport terminal building in Chitose, Hokkaido, on Thursday morning. The incident occurred at around 9 a.m. at the Center Plaza in ...

Japan saw record-high exports last year, as its annual trade deficit declined 44% from the previous year, the Finance Ministry reported Thursday. The trade deficit, which measures the value of exports ...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are considering a visit to Iwoto Island in April to pay respects to the victims of the fierce fighting in the closing stages of World War II 80 years ago, a source ...

Procter & Gamble is seeing encouraging signs in China, but a full recovery is still a ways off, executives said Wednesday as ...

South Korean investigators asked prosecutors to indict the country's detained President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived ...

The gesture was controversial enough, but now come the sub-controversies: Elon Musk is trolling Wikipedia and encouraging its ...

People leaving New Zealand hit record levels in the year to November 2024, in another sign of the weakness in the country’s ...

NOT A SINGLE PERSON said they were unvaccinated and regret the decision. Kinda hard to voice your satisfaction about being ...

Paris Saint-Germain pushed Manchester City to the brink of Champions League elimination after coming from two goals down to ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers introduced prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki on Wednesday after he agreed to a minor league ...

A man we'll call Mr K, driver for a well-known food delivery service, arrives at his destination. Instead of waiting for the ...