OSAKA -- "Will I be penalized?" A man in Osaka Prefecture who uses earbuds to aid his hearing is concerned about Japan's new earphone ban while cycling, which will take effect in April 2026.

Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday its global sales in August rose 2.2 percent from a year earlier to 844,963 units for the ...

President Donald Trump on Monday laid out a 20-point proposal supported by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that ...

A senior North Korean diplomat reiterated at the U.N. Monday that his country won't give up its nuclear weapons despite ...

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi recently suggested separating World War II Class A war criminals from the war dead ...

In the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership election, all five candidates are calling for tougher policies toward ...

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A couple accused of abusing and causing the death of their malnourished 2-year-old daughter in west Japan's Wakayama ...

The number of general visitors to the ongoing World Exposition in Osaka reached 22.21 million as of Sunday, the organizer ...

A fire broke out Monday at a demolition site near Tokyo's Haneda airport, though the incident did not affect air traffic and ...

A van carrying kindergartners on Monday crashed into a residential property in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo, killing the ...

Having faced prejudice, a 76-year-old woman born to an Okinawan mother and a U.S. serviceman who left Japan before she was ...