An excited Naomi Osaka will lean on family ties as she leads Japan in Friday's opening day at the United Cup in Australia, kicking off her season with a testing clash against former world number three ...

A 3-year-old boy fell to his death from an apartment in Tokyo early Thursday after his parents left him at home while visiting a shrine for the New Year, police said. The boy, believed to have fallen ...

Japan on Thursday marked two years since a powerful earthquake rocked the Noto Peninsula in central Japan, killing over 200 people and severely damaging tens of thousands of houses, with locals ...

A 31-year-old woman died after being found unconscious at home, bleeding from a stab wound to the neck, in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Wednesday. According to police, the woman’s 27-year-old husband ...

Emperor Naruhito, in his New Year address released Thursday, emphasized the importance of peace as he voiced his wish for people of the world to move forward with hope in the coming year. Having made ...

Zohran Mamdani became mayor of New York City just after midnight Thursday, taking the oath of office at an historic, decommissioned subway station in Manhattan. Mamdani, a Democrat, was sworn in as ...

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Thursday the island is determined to defend its sovereignty and boost its defense in ‌the face of China's increasing expansion, after Beijing fired rockets ...

Russian drones blasted apartment buildings and the power grid in the southern Ukraine city of Odesa in an overnight attack that injured six people, including a toddler and two other children, ...

A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from ending deportation ‌protections for thousands of migrants from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua after opponents argued the ...

President Donald Trump said he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, a move that comes after legal roadblocks hung up the effort ...

The U.S. military said Wednesday it struck three more boats that were allegedly smuggling drugs, killing three people while others jumped overboard and may have survived. The statement by U.S.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, speaking at a meeting with anime director Mamoru Oshii, TV personality Demon Kakka and music producer Tetsuya Komuro to discuss developing the content industry, ...