People in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, offered prayers at a ceremony on Monday to mark eight years since torrential ...

Japan's space probe Hayabusa2 has completed a flyby observation of an asteroid as it heads for its next destination in space.

The ancient art of samurai sword fighting has been reborn with a high-tech twist in Japan. As the visually appealing sport ...

Global soccer's governing body FIFA says it has lifted a one-game ban for US star striker Folarin Balogun in the men's World ...

Tokyo police have arrested a 15-year-old boy for allegedly carrying out cyberattacks on a subsidiary of Japan's largest ...

Venezuela's government says more than 3,000 people have been confirmed dead so far since two powerful earthquakes hit the ...

A unique early-summer event, a washtub race, was held in the Japanese hot spring resort city of Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, in ...

Seven OPEC Plus members say they will boost crude oil production again in August, marking the fifth consecutive month of ...

China's state-run Xinhua News Agency says the Chinese navy has conducted a test launch of a strategic missile from a ...

Japanese weather officials say heavy rain is expected in northern Kyushu again on Monday due to the effect of an active ...

Japanese weather officials say heavy downpours are continuing across northern Kyushu on Monday due to a stationary seasonal rain front.

Three sons of Iran's late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, attended the second day of his funeral in the capital, ...