Three people have been confirmed dead and two others were injured in an accident Tuesday morning involving seven vehicles on the Metropolitan Expressway near Tokyo, according to police.…
A fourth-grade elementary school girl was fatally hit by a garbage truck in Shizuoka Prefecture’s Hamamatsu City on Monday. Police have arrested the 60-year-old truck driver on suspicion…
The Yokohama City Fire Department revealed on Monday that a Hodogaya Fire Department ambulance mistakenly took the wrong route while transporting an ill woman in her 80s and…
Asian shares were mixed in muted trading Tuesday after U.S. stock indexes were little changed ahead of the release of inflation data. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 0.3%…
New Caledonia mobilized security forces, closed its international airport and imposed a curfew in the capital after protests turned violent and police were attacked, the French High Commission…
Jayson Tatum scored 33 points with LeBron James watching from a courtside seat and the Boston Celtics beat the severely short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers 109-102 in Game 4 on…
Kodai Senga, who has yet to pitch this season for the New York Mets due to a right shoulder capsule strain, will continue working on his mechanics before…
Jordan Staal and Yevgeny Kuznetsov scored 3:06 apart in the third period, and the Carolina Hurricanes got four goals in the third for a 4-1 win over the…
Substitute Jhon Duran was a late savior for Aston Villa on Monday, scoring twice in the last five minutes against Liverpool to grab a remarkable 3-3 home draw…
Slovakia upset the United States 5-4 when Milos Kelemen scored with 1:04 left in overtime at the ice hockey world championship on Monday. The Americans were handed their…
Dr Cyril Wecht, a pathologist and attorney whose biting cynicism and controversial positions on high-profile deaths such as President John F Kennedy’s 1963 assassination caught the attention of…
China and South Korea should seek stable ties despite their recent "difficulties", Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his South Korean counterpart on Monday at a rare meeting…
An intense wildfire could reach a town in western Canada this week, fire experts and officials warned, based on forecasts of winds that have fueled the out-of-control blaze,…
The fight against biopiracy -- plundering genetic resources and the traditional knowledge surrounding them -- could soon be based on an international treaty which is being finalized at…
Boston knows a 3-1 lead in a playoff series guarantees nothing. It's a lesson the Bruins learned last year, when they had such an edge over the Florida…
Daniil Medvedev continued his Rome title defence with Monday's hard-fought 7-6 (7/5), 2-6, 7-5 win over qualifier Hamad Medjedovic as the men's tournament was left wide open by…
The long-haul carrier Emirates announced Monday it saw record profits of $4.7 billion in 2023 as the airline fully took flight after the turbulent years of the coronavirus…
Tokyo police conducted searches on Monday related to a minor political group accused of obstructing campaigns in a recent lower house by-election, in a rare move after receiving…
SoftBank Group trimmed its losses for the fiscal year through March to about a quarter of the red ink it racked up a year earlier, as its investment…
The approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet has edged up by 0.4 percentage point to 24.2 percent, a Kyodo News survey showed Monday, with a…
The world's biggest banks financed fossil fuels to the tune of $705 billion in 2023, with U.S. and Japanese lenders leading the way, an annual report by climate…
Japan's Shionogi & Co said on Monday its pill-based treatment for COVID-19 did not meet the primary endpoint of showing a statistically significant reduction of 15 common symptoms…
Japanese officials, including Tokyo Gov Yuriko Koike (back third from right) and guests pose with a banner of the official logo of World Athletics Championship 2025 at the…