Police in Takatsuki City, Osaka Prefecture, have arrested a 54-year-old man who works at a nursing home on suspicion of sexually assaulting two women in their 80s with dementia who are residents at ...

Japan's decision to make high school tuition virtually free, even for private institutions, is raising alarm among educators and policy experts, who warn it could accelerate an exodus from public ...

German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, second from right, visits the German Pavilion at the Osaka Expo on Friday, together with Cabinet Officer Minister of State Yuichiro Koga, second from ...

U.S. President Donald Trump discussed cooperating with Japan on developing technology for his planned Golden Dome missile defence shield during a phone call with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ...

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 ...

U.S. President Donald Trump used his down time on Air Force One Friday to insult "obnoxious JERK" Bruce Springsteen and declare Taylor Swift "no longer HOT" in social media blasts against the music ...

With their sleek curves and chrome grilles, the classic American cars on sale at Yosuke Fukuda's yard ooze Californian cool but on Japanese roads new U.S. vehicles are a rare sight -- much to ...

Since the first synthetic plastic was invented in 1907, an explosion in the world’s population and increased consumerism over the last century have led to a massive demand for — and the production of ...

Crowds of people angry about the way President Donald Trump is running the country marched and rallied in scores of American cities Saturday in the biggest day of demonstrations yet by an opposition ...

A U.S. appeals court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump to maintain his deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles amid protests over stepped-up immigration enforcement, temporarily ...

A U.S. trade court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump's tariffs from going into effect in a sweeping ruling that the president overstepped his authority by imposing across-the-board duties on ...

Japan is considering deploying long-range missiles in Kyushu as part of the country's efforts to acquire "counterstrike capabilities" to hit enemy targets in the event of an emergency, government ...