Inflation in Japan slowed to 2.7 percent in August due partly to government energy subsidies, official data showed Friday, with the cost of rice easing following a huge price spike. Inflation ...

Jon Stewart plans to host Thursday's episode of “The Daily Show,” one day after ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely following comments he made about the assassination of ...

Japan saw a record 1.2 million phishing cases reported in the first half of 2025, data from the National Police Agency showed Thursday, putting the nation on pace to smash the previous single-year ...

A senior Fukuoka prefectural police official. The Kitakyushu-based Kudo-kai, a government-designated dangerous crime syndicate, no longer has any active members in their 20s or under, police say.

The Tokyo-based pharmaceutical company SSP Co is set to offer Cialis as Japan's first over-the-counter erectile dysfunction treatment drug. A health ministry panel on Thursday approved the tablet as a ...

Police in Kumamoto City have arrested a 51-year-old unemployed woman on suspicion of violating the Animal Welfare Act after more than 150 dead cats were found at her home. According to police, Yuki ...

The Tokyo District Court has sentenced a 50-year-old man to 19 years in prison for killing an 18-year-old employee of a girls bar, where young women serve drinks, in Shimbashi last October. The ...

Noah Lyles of the U.S. leaps before running in a men's 200 meters semifinal at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Thursday.

Suzuki Motor Corp said its first battery-electric vehicle will be released in Japan on Jan 16, as it strives to gain ground in the EV market led by its competitors. The "e Vitara" SUV, which will be ...

Three police officers were fatally shot and two wounded Wednesday in southern Pennsylvania, and the shooter was killed by police, authorities said. The officers were at the scene, amid rolling ...

Roger Federer threw in a few trick serves and several between-the-legs shots to dazzle some young players who were giddy to get a few minutes hitting with the 20-time Grand Slam champion. In town for ...

Saudi Arabia and nuclear-armed Pakistan have signed a mutual defense pact that regards any attack on either nation as an attack on both in the wake of Israel's strike on Qatar. Saudi Arabia long has ...