LONDON (Kyodo) -- Masuji Ibuse, the Japanese author of "Black Rain," a novel about lives affected by the Hiroshima atomic ...

Tokyo stocks opened sharply higher Monday, the first trading day of 2026, with the benchmark Nikkei surging over 2 percent, ...

Foreign residents made up 9.5 percent of the people in their 20s in Japan in 2025, more than double the 4.1 percent in 2015, ...

Mid-career employment changes in Japan are expected to reach a record high in 2026, according to a report by job change ...

Myanmar's ruling military said Sunday it has granted amnesty to 6,186 prisoners, including 52 foreign nationals, to mark the ...

A wild mushroom found growing within the grounds of a forestry technology center in this southwest Japan town in July has ...

The shape of families has changed over time -- from multiple generations living under one roof to nuclear families, ...

Private nursing homes within Japan's capital often have a move-in cost of more than 10 million yen (about $64,140), a recent ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Sunday that Japan will make diplomatic efforts toward restoring democracy to Venezuela and ...

Hours after an audacious military operation that plucked leader Nicolas Maduro from power and removed him from the country, ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Kenyans are mourning the death of a beloved "super tusker" elephant whose long life in the wild came ...

A multi-vehicle crash involving 12 cars on a road in eastern Japan killed one man early Sunday, after tea leaves spilled ...