The cost of preparing the perennial favorite dish curry and rice in Japan is sharply rising and shows no sign of slowing.

Some 4,600 new adults dressed in flashy kimonos and other attire attended a coming-of-age ceremony here on Jan. 12, one day ...

Hundreds of law enforcement officers entered the residential compound of South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol ea ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday he will set up a new government agency tasked with collecting revenue from ...

About a million Americans a year are expected to develop dementia by 2060, roughly double today's toll, researchers reported ...

A team of Japanese scientists has discovered the gene that determines the fur color of calico cats, which are characterized ...

The Osaka Prefectural Board of Education is considering a system to partner all prefecture-run high schools with overseas ...

A former employee of MUFG Bank was arrested Tuesday over the alleged theft of valuables from customers' safe deposit boxes, ...

Finding time for a cigarette during breaks at work has never been harder for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, known to ...

Japan, the United States and South Korea pledged Tuesday to work together to stop North Korea's efforts to raise funds ...

Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of dozens of hostages, two officials ...

The city government of Kyoto said Tuesday it will raise its lodging tax for people staying at hotels and other accommodations ...