An Israeli shell slammed into the compound of the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing three people ...

A fire engulfed a newly opened shopping center in eastern Iraq, killing more than 60 people, including children, Iraqi ...

The rainy season appears to have ended in the Kanto-Koshin, Hokuriku and southern Tohoku regions, it was announced Friday. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the season ended in the ...

Connie Francis, the wholesome pop star of the 1950s and ‘60s whose hits included “Pretty Little Baby” and “Who’s Sorry Now?” ...

SAPPORO — A brown bear was killed by hunters in the early hours of Friday in the town of Fukushima, Hokkaido. In the town, a ...

A new K-pop boy band made their global debut on Friday with two members who defected from North Korea and an album that ...

Japan’s core inflation slowed in June but stayed above the central bank’s 2% target for well over three years, highlighting ...

Hito wa Mitame ga Kyuwari” (Appearances matter 90% for people) became a bestselling book in Japan. With its eye-catching ...

A memorial hall of Satoshi Omura, who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 10 years ago, opened in his hometown of ...

Officials of an Aomori Prefecture village, famous for its rice paddy art, are proud of this year’s work, saying that it is ...

A Chinese court’s sentencing of a Japanese man to 3½ years in prison for allegedly engaging in espionage could deal a setback ...

I’m a woman in my 70s working in agriculture. My granddaughter, a fifth-grade elementary school student, has stopped going to school. She does not appear to have changed but spends all day on her ...