Nissan Motor Co. is struggling to draw a path to recovery as the major Japanese automaker recently announced a plan to ...

A 15-year-old boy who was arrested May 12 on suspicion of murder in this eastern Japan city has told police that if he ...

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Between April 28 and May 4, rice sold at supermarkets in Japan cost an average of 4,214 yen (around $28.60) per 5 kilograms ...

Crowds poured into the streets of Uruguay's capital on Wednesday to bid a poignant farewell to former President Jose Mujic ...

The government on Wednesday set a five-year goal of achieving annual inflation-adjusted wage growth of 1 percent across Japan ...

Touted Los Angeles Dodgers rookie Roki Sasaki landed on the injured list Tuesday with right shoulder impingement, an injury ...

A Japanese language school for international students has opened at a long-established inn in Saga Prefecture in southwestern ...

In Daechi-dong, an affluent neighborhood in Gangnam, Seoul, where many major cram schools are located, the thoroughfare at ...

U.S. President Donald Trump met with interim Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, the first enc ...

Pope Leo XIV has made peace with Jannik Sinner. The top-ranked tennis player visited the new pope on Wednesday, gave him a ...

President Donald Trump urged Qatar on Wednesday to use its influence over Iran to persuade the country's leadership to reach ...