The government has urged caution after a small Japanese civilian plane was spotted near uninhabited islets in the East China Sea, around the same time a Chinese helicopter violated Japanese airspace ...

Police in Narashino, Chiba Prefecture, have arrested a 45-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of killing his mother who was in her 70s and his sister who was in her 40s, at their apartment. According ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has sent a congratulatory message on the election of Pope Leo XIV as the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church, saying he hopes to foster Japan-Vatican ties and work ...

A 16-year-old boy was arrested Saturday on suspicion of murder after his grandparents were found dead at their home in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, police said. The high school student is suspected of ...

Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said no meeting of the National Command Authority, the top military and civil body overseeing the country's nuclear arsenal, had been scheduled following a ...

The Trump administration must halt much of its dramatic downsizing of the federal workforce, a California judge ordered Friday. Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco issued the emergency order in a ...

Shohei Ohtani hit a three-run homer to cap a six-run ninth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a wild 14-11 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night. The Dodgers trailed 11-8 ...

We’re less than a month away from the launch of Nintendo’s Switch 2, and to say gamers are excited is an understatement. Sure, you could argue it’s pretty much just a more powerful Switch, but that’s ...

Police in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, have arrested a 21-year-old unemployed woman on suspicion of abandoning the body of her newborn baby on the balcony of her apartment. According to police, Yumen ...

China's exports rose 8.1% in April from the year before, the government said Friday, faster than economists were expecting, though exports to the United States sank more than 20%. Economists had ...

An Indonesian animated movie is smashing regional box-office records and could be set for wider success as it prepares to open beyond the Southeast Asian archipelago's silver screens. "Jumbo" -- a ...

Just 48 short years ago, movie director George Lucas used the phrase “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away” as the opening to the first “Star Wars” movie, later labeled “Episode IV: A New Hope.” ...