Japan's role as a peace promoter faces increasing challenges in a conflict-prone world, even as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba reiterated on the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II the ...

Australia toppled South Africa at Ellis Park for the first time in 62 years with a sensational 38-22 comeback win from 22-0 down in the Rugby Championship opener on Saturday. The Wallabies scored a ...

Japan's immigration agency plans to step up efforts to address the potential mistreatment of foreign nationals holding certain visas and employed through temporary staffing agencies, finding some have ...

A report that U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has promised will improve the health of America’s children does not call on the government to make significant changes to its ...

The Japanese film "Two Seasons, Two Strangers" directed by Sho Miyake won the top award Saturday at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland. The film became the fourth Japanese winner of the Golden ...

A political standoff in Texas over proposed House maps that could hand Republicans five new seats is poised to enter a new phase Friday, while heavily Democratic California plans to release its own ...

Glenn Maxwell's unbeaten half-century led Australia to a sensational two-wicket win over South Africa in the final T20 and clinched the series 2-1 on Saturday. With four needed off the final two balls ...

Teaching English is a popular and relatively easy way for English speakers to move to Japan and many other countries. However, not just any native English speaker is qualified to teach English. Japan ...

Undated photo shows Tatsukuma Ueno (far R) standing with other trainee pilots in front of a "Red Dragonfly" Yokosuka-K5Y training plane in Seoul. Image: Photo courtesy of Tatsukuma Ueno/Kyodo national ...

Police in Tatsuno, Hyogo Prefecture, have arrested a 26-year-old unemployed woman on suspicion of parental neglect after she left her six-year-old son at home alone for four days while she went to ...

Bob Odenkirk ducks into a West Village coffee shop wearing sunglasses and a Chicago Cubs cap. Some degree of subterfuge might have been necessary for Odenkirk years ago. Surely fans of “Mr. Show” or ...

China's economy showed signs of slowing in July as factory output and retail sales slowed and housing prices dropped further, according to data released Friday. Uncertainty over tariffs on exports to ...