Japan's health insurance system, praised globally for supporting one of the world's longest-lived populaces, ensures medical ...

A 15-year-old boy was arrested for allegedly stabbing an elderly woman to death on a street in Chiba, near Tokyo, the ...

Shohei Ohtani extended his hit streak to nine Major League Baseball games for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday, going ...

Official campaigning kicked off in South Korea for next month's election to choose the successor to ousted President Yoon Suk ...

Struggling Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co. plans to cut around 20,000 jobs globally, more than 10,000 above the reduction ...

Lone yokozuna Hoshoryu notches another convincing win at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament, crushing out No. 1 maegashira ...

Although Japan's sake industry faces a crisis with falling domestic consumption, the country's oldest brand, Kenbishi, is ...

China has agreed with the United States to establish an economic and trade consultation mechanism to discuss issues of mutual ...

A pupil at a prestigious national elementary school in Tokyo quit the school this year after being the victim of bullying, a ...