Two Chilean men were arrested Thursday for allegedly stealing luxury watches from a shop in Tokyo, an investigative source said. The men, in their 20s and 30s, were arrested after four watches worth ...

Rescuers in Nepal and China were struggling Saturday to locate thousands of people missing days after a deadly, tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayan region, engulfing ...

Japan spent 15.4 trillion yen ($96 billion) to boost the yen between late July and late August, the finance ministry said Friday, the largest monthly intervention on record. The Bank of Japan ...

Japan's Defense Ministry has signed a contract with Nippon Steel Corp to acquire the site of the company's former plant in the western port city of Kure, Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said. The ...

Police have seized radios in connection with a train accident that killed four workers on the tracks north of Tokyo, an investigative source said Sunday, as they seek to determine whether the ...

Heavy rain battered parts of central Japan on Thursday, causing landslides and flooding with a series of reports of cars becoming submerged and calls for rescue. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued ...

For years, permanent residency in Japan (PR) has been treated as the ultimate achievement for foreigners: work for a decade, pay your taxes, stay out of trouble and earn the right to live here without ...

Japan's Yuki Joseph Nakajima celebrates after winning the men's 400-meter race at the Diamond League athletics meeting in Zurich, Switzerland, on Thursday.

Rescuers searched Himalayan valleys and hillsides on Thursday after a flash flood that killed at least 359 people and left nearly 1,000 missing, as Nepal and China warned of a risk of fresh flooding ...

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 ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc on Monday completed its third year of releasing treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, with 172,700 tons released ...

Japan's immigration agency said Tuesday that foreigners who meet criteria for financial hardship and humanitarian consideration will be eligible for fee cuts when visa application and renewal charges ...