The Archbishop of Canterbury, the principal leader of the Church of England, has announced his intention to resign to take ...

SoftBank Group has turned a profit in the April to September period for the first time in three years. The gains were largely ...

Japan expects sharp rise in number of elderly living alone An urgent issue facing Japan is how to address the rapid aging of ...

The next administration for US President-elect Donald Trump is starting to take shape. He is stocking his team with loyalists ...

Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: BRIDEAR (a five-piece all-female heavy metal band with a growing fanbase in Europe) and Matsuura Kodai (a singer with an astonishingly versatile voice).

Israeli forces continued carrying out fierce attacks in the Gaza Strip, reportedly killing more than 30 people on Monday and ...

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says the European Union has provided Ukraine with more than 980,000 artillery shells, ...

Online retailers in China have faced fiercer competition in an annual sales event this year, as consumers tightened their ...

Private-sector analysts have said they believe Japan's economy grew only slightly in the July-September quarter, due to a ...

US media outlets say President-elect Donald Trump is considering appointing Senator Marco Rubio as Secretary of State.

Pakistani Shahzadi Rai helped get a law passed in her country banning discrimination against transgender people. But many ...

Global warming is impacting the world's sea turtles, which are increasingly being born female. Conservationists in Cape Verde ...