Motorbike riders have been revitalizing a small unstaffed station on a local train line in Yazu, Tottori Prefecture, every ...

Crown Prince Akishino, who turned 59 on Saturday, has said it is necessary to hear the opinions of female Imperial members ...

SUITA, Osaka — Osaka University will change its English name to the University of Osaka starting next April. The abbreviation ...

On a bright winter day, workers at a Ukrainian thermal power plant repair its heavily damaged equipment as drops of water ...

In eastern Lebanon’s city of Baalbek, the Jawhari family gathered around a gaping crater where their home once stood, tears ...

Beneath the blazing Egyptian sun, crowds at the Giza Pyramids gazed up at the ancient wonders, but some had their eyes peeled ...

A supermarket employee in Akita City was attacked by a bear in the store at around 6:20 a.m. on Saturday. According to local ...

Five years after a catastrophic fire reduced Notre Dame Cathedral to a smoldering shell, journalists got a first glimpse of ...

The longing for a world without nuclear weapons harbored by Sunao Tsuboi, who served as a leader of Nihon Hidankyo, is being ...

The parkour world championships, in which athletes compete through speed and techniques to jump and climb over obstacles, ...

Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov arrived in North Korea on Friday for talks with North Korean military and political ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average fell on Friday as the yen strengthened on growing expectations of an interest rate hike by the ...