Police in Tokyo have arrested a woman in her 20s on suspicion of abusing her three-year-old daughter by dropping her onto the floor at home, fracturing the child's right leg. According to ...

Another example is handheld fans that people wave in front of their face. The muscle exercise from this generates more body heat than the fanning of the face disperses. The only benefit is perhaps a ...

A moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 rattled eastern Japan, including the Tokyo area, early Sunday, injuring more than 20 people, most of them slightly, officials said. There was ...

About 1,000 people towed the roughly 400-ton keep of a traditional castle in northeastern Aomori Prefecture on Sunday, moving it 109 centimeters closer to its original position after it was relocated ...

Japan's justice ministry said Friday it will cancel a collaboration with a controversial Netflix dating show featuring ex-juvenile delinquents, following backlash against what some called the ...

Top Australian Rules side the Sydney Swans suspended five players on Wednesday without giving a reason, after police said they were investigating allegations of a sexual assault. The players will not ...

New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham unveiled plans Wednesday to offer those sleeping rough a way off the streets by Christmas, and vowed to donate part of his salary to help curb homelessness. "No one ...

Ray Hoe left Japan to return to Singapore on July 18 after failing to renew his business manager visa following abrupt changes to the requirements, leaving him unable to be present for the opening of ...

Police in Osaka have arrested an 18-year-old man in connection with an incident where a man who had come to the city for a cocaine deal was beaten and robbed of approximately 5.5 million yen in cash.

A 12-year-old British girl who had been missing in Tokyo since Aug 13 was found safe on Saturday night, police said Sunday. Carmelita Lakdesha Paul, a junior high school student, arrived in Japan for ...

At least 20 people died after an earthquake of magnitude 7.7 and dozens of aftershocks struck off eastern Indonesia on Saturday, ‌a rescue agency said. Tsunami waves of less than 1 meter were recorded ...

The death toll from the torrential rain that struck Chiba Prefecture last week has risen to 13 from 11, the prefectural government said Tuesday. Efforts continued in the prefecture to determine the ...