As imported rice becomes a popular alternative to Japanese mainstays whose prices continue to rise, it begs the question—do ...

The influenza outbreak has triggered a national alert as flu cases are surging and hospitalizations are increasing, ...

Visibility and internal acceptance guided volleyball player Rui Takahashi’s decision to publicly come out as gay, a move ...

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A pilot on a plane traveling from Dubai to Tel Aviv stabbed the other pilot and then apparently tried to crash the aircraft ...

WASHINGTON—The U.S. military is dispatching roughly 9,000 troops aboard a group of ships to the Middle East, a U.S. official ...

Aiming to strengthen ties with Mongolia, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi agreed to a yen loan worth about 158 billion yen ($1 ...

The former cybercrime division manager of the National Police Agency will not be indicted for alleged offenses such as ...

A city here became the fifth municipality and the only one on the main Honshu island to embark on the selection process for ...

A peek through the music industry’s curtain at the producers who harnessed social media to help their idols go global.

Christa Pike was in critical condition Thursday and receiving “lifesaving care” at a hospital, her lawyers said, a day after a failed attempt to execute her pushed Tennessee’s governor to halt further ...

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Dodgers expect a healthier Shohei Ohtani at the top of their lineup for the postseason. The ...