A Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare research team has announced the five-year survival rates for people diagnosed with ...

A car rammed into pedestrians in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on Monday, with two people showing no vital signs and several others ...

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A federal judge on Monday dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General ...

A company in a major oyster production area in this central Japan city is gaining global attention for upcycling shells, ...

Thailand's police said Monday they obtained an arrest warrant for a woman suspected of forcing her 12-year-old Thai daughter ...

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The reality of human trafficking -- often called modern-day slavery -- in Japan has been revealed. There is an urgent need to ...

Japan's public broadcaster NHK has begun verifying reception contracts for users of its new online streaming service ...

On a humid June morning in Tottori Prefecture in western Japan, hundreds of would-be teachers filed into exam halls to ...

A man in his 40s from Mie Prefecture lost 12.44 million yen (about $80,000) in a scam using an AI-made fake police officer. This is the first t ...

A massive water leak occurred in the northern part of Okinawa on Monday, potentially leading to outages in 17 of the ...