Torrential rain continued Thursday in the Hokuriku region on the Sea of Japan coast, with the weather agency warning of landslides, flooding in low-lying areas and swollen rivers. Bullet train ...

When the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, Ari Beser’s grandfather was on board both of the American B-29 bombers that carried the weapons. On the ground, Kosuzu ...

Police in Tokyo have arrested a 61-year-old man on suspicion of assault and property damage after he sprayed paint on a woman in her 30s at a shopping center last month. According to police, Hideo ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday he will not compromise the interests of the country's farmers even if he has to pay a heavy price for it, in his first comments after U.S.

A White House official said Wednesday that imports from Japan already subject to tariffs of 15 percent or higher will still face a "reciprocal" duty of 15 percent set for the country by U.S. President ...

The average monthly wage increase among major companies in Japan has exceeded 5 percent for the second consecutive year, the country's largest business lobby said Wednesday. The rate, including base ...

McDonald's profits rose in the second quarter behind a rebound in U.S. sales but executives said Wednesday that low-income consumers remained under economic stress. The fast-food chain notched a ...

A Japanese high court has upheld the death sentence for a 40-year-old man convicted of robbery-murder in the 2020 killings of an elderly woman and her son at their house in Oita Prefecture. The ...

Foreign visitors attending the 80th anniversary ceremony of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima said Wednesday's event serves as a powerful reminder of the devastating consequences of nuclear war. Craig ...

Australia’s internet watchdog has said the world’s biggest social media firms are still “turning a blind eye” to online child sex abuse material on their platforms, and said YouTube in particular had ...

WhatsApp has taken down 6.8 million accounts that were “linked to criminal scam centers” targeting people online around that world, its parent company Meta said this week. The account deletions, which ...

OpenAI on Wednesday said it was letting the U.S. government use a version of ChatGPT designed for businesses for a year, charging just $1 for the service. Federal workers in the executive branch will ...