U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington and temporarily taking over the city's police department, an extraordinary assertion of presidential ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu was "in denial" about the humanitarian situation in Gaza, a day after announcing Australia would ...

On August 17, Mishima Taisha Yabusame Ritual will be held at Mishima Taisha, Shizuoka Prefecture. Yabusame is a Shinto ritual of shooting arrows on horseback in prayer for peace in the world and ...

For decades, the threat of nuclear conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union hung over humanity — and occasionally the superpowers edged toward the brink, as with the Cuban missile crisis. But ...

Very few women in Japan speak out about rape, and Hikari, too, kept quiet for years about her alleged assault by her boss, Osaka's former chief prosecutor. However, Hikari (not her real name) finally ...

Nvidia and AMD have agreed to share 15% of their revenues from chip sales to China with the U.S. government, as part of a deal to secure export licenses for the semiconductors. The Trump ...

Police in Nagasaki have arrested a 24-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of sexually assaulting a young girl in an elevator at an apartment building in in February. According to police, Tsubasa ...

It’s been said that one mark of truly strong anime art is when characters are so distinctively designed that they can be identified from silhouette alone. The latest example of showcasing such talent ...

Outdoor lighting for buildings, roads and advertising can help people see in the dark of night, but many astronomers are growing increasingly concerned that these lights could be blinding us to the ...

Condemnations poured in from the United Nations and media rights groups on Monday after an Israeli strike killed an Al Jazeera news team in Gaza, as Palestinians mourned the journalists and Israel ...

Aside from maybe Tokyo, there’s no other city with more of a “must-visit” reputation than Kyoto for travelers to Japan, who flock to the country’s former capital to tour its historic temples, ...

A worker hangs on a rope to adjust a huge South Korean national flag on a building to celebrate the Aug 15 Korean Liberation Day from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday.