Sanae Takaichi was reelected as Japan's prime minister in parliament on Wednesday as the Diet convened a special session ...

The Kasedori festival, which has been passed down for about 400 years, took place in the city of Kaminoyama, Yamagata ...

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani pitched for the first time in a live batting practice session during ...

NASA began another practice launch countdown Tuesday for its first moonshot in decades with astronauts after making repai ...

Three men were buried under snow in northern Japan on Wednesday before being rescued, with one of them, likely in his 60s, ...

The following is an explanation of how a new Japanese prime minister is selected in a special parliamentary session.

Tarique Rahman, who steered his Bangladesh Nationalist Party to an overwhelming victory in last week's general election, was ...

Sanae Takaichi is set to be reelected as Japan's prime minister in a parliamentary vote on Wednesday as the Diet convenes a special se ...

Growing up in a village in northern Greenland, Jorgen Kristensen's closest friends were his stepfather's sled dogs. Most ...

The government of Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, plans to introduce a lodging tax of 150 yen (about $1) per person per night, which may ove ...

The Japanese women's curling team was eliminated from semifinal contention at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Tuesd ...

Tokyo stocks rose Wednesday, with the Nikkei index snapping a four-day losing streak, boosted by hopes for positive effects of Japan' ...