Nihon Hidankyo, the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, was named winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace ...

Nobuyo Oyama, best known as the raspy voice of Doraemon, the beloved cartoon robotic cat from the future, has died. She was ...

Artifacts discovered on the seabed off Takashima island here were confirmed as parts of a shipwreck from the 13th century ...

Some stores and medical-related facilities have refused service for people inoculated with the replicon COVID-19 vaccine ...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Southeast Asian leaders Friday that the U.S. is concerned about China’s ...

Asian stocks were mostly lower on Friday as Chinese markets declined as investors await a key briefing about the details of ...

WAJIMA, Ishikawa Prefecture—Early risers in the northern Noto Peninsula before dawn on Oct. 11 marveled at the Northern ...

SYDNEY--Pacific Island nations are at risk of becoming bases for global criminal gangs, a report by the United Nations drug ...

STOCKHOLM--South Korean poet and novelist Han Kang was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for a poetic and ...

Fast Retailing Co., the parent company of Uniqlo, reported annual sales surpassing 3 trillion yen ($20 billion) for the first ...

HIKONE, Shiga Prefecture—Hikone Castle, a prominent 17th-century structure here, has received a positive preliminary ...

A massive solar flare explosion occurred on the sun on Oct. 9, creating the possibility that the Northern Lights can be seen ...