Japan executed a man convicted for the 2017 serial murders of nine people in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, a source close to the ...

The prefectural police here on June 27 arrested two university students for allegedly shoplifting about 330,000 yen (roughly ...

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For decades, Japan's defense spending remained around 1% of GDP. Just two and a half years ago, at the end of 2022, the ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Thursday that his country had delivered ...

Hokkaido University's chemistry department has permitted several associate professors -- who had previously complained of ...

Kenshi Nakanishi, 26, has Down syndrome. He is helping visitors from other countries in English at Expo 2025 in Osaka.

Japan's education ministry plans to restrict living expenses support for doctoral students to Japanese nationals only, a ...

What surprising correlation was identified by Japanese researchers between public libraries and elderly residents' health?

The Japanese government Friday approved evacuation plans in the event of an accident at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power ...

The idea that Bruce Springsteen wrote, recorded and ultimately shelved entire albums of music may seem odd to the casual ...

U.S. President Donald Trump could extend his administration's 90-day pause on so-called reciprocal tariffs, set to expire on ...