China said Monday it "firmly rejects" U.S. claims that it had violated a sweeping tariffs deal, as tensions between the two economic superpowers showed signs of ratcheting back up. Beijing and ...

Retired sumo great Hakuho will quit the ancient Japanese sport following a row over the forced closure of his wrestling stable for physical abuse, reports said Monday. The Mongolian-born Hakuho won a ...

A 6-year-old boy drowned after he apparently fell into a reservoir near a park in Soja City, Okayama Prefecture, on Saturday. According to police, Saku Fujita disappeared at around 6 p.m. on Saturday ...

Shops selling steaming snacks line the streets of Seoul's Daerim neighborhood, home to thousands of ethnic Chinese, some feeling the pressure from mounting anti-Beijing sentiment ahead of South ...

Former U.S. President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an "aggressive form" of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, his office said in a statement on Sunday. Biden, 82, was diagnosed on ...

Police in Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture, have arrested a 44-year-old man on suspicion of fatally stabbing his 72-year-old mother at their home. According to police, Satoshi Saito called 119 at ...

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Police in Nagoya have arrested a 50-year-old woman on suspicion of killing a 59-year-old man by stabbing him in the back. According to police, Ayano Ito, of unknown occupation, is accused of stabbing ...

A 70-year-old man apparently jumped from an apartment building, hitting a man in his 50s who was riding a bicycle, in Osaka on Monday. Both men were taken to hospital in a state of cardiac arrest and ...

At least 27 people were taken to hospital on Monday after a car plowed into soccer fans celebrating Liverpool's Premier League title victory. Police said a 53-year-old man had been arrested. Another ...

Japan's top court has rejected an appeal by a Japanese-born U.S. citizen challenging the constitutionality of the country's ban on dual citizenship, finalizing lower court rulings. The decision by the ...

Microsoft has fired an employee who interrupted a speech by CEO Satya Nadella to protest the company's work supplying the Israeli military with technology used for the war in Gaza. Software engineer ...