Japan's Justice Ministry plans to launch a trial to track sex offenders on parole via GPS as early as fiscal 2027, a ministry official said Tuesday. The ministry hopes data from a GPS device, which ...

A 66-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly attempting to kill a man in his 40s by stabbing him with a knife at an apartment in Nishitokyo, Tokyo. Police said Katsuharu Kondo had reportedly ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Saturday rejected criticism that the revised Imperial House Law blocks female succession to the Chrysanthemum Throne, saying it is solely intended to secure ...

A 6-year-old boy attending a special needs school in Sakata City, Yamagata Prefecture, has gone missing, police said Monday. The missing child, Yuto Takahashi, was last seen by a local resident at a ...

Thousands of Queen fans sang, cheered and partied at the Freddie Mercury statue in Montreux on Saturday to celebrate what would have been the legendary British singer's 80th birthday. Wearing some ...

Naomi Osaka arrives for a match against Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, during the fourth round of the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Monday. Rybakina won 6-1, 6-4.

Asian shares were trading mixed on Monday, with benchmarks in Tokyo and Seoul leading gains thanks to buying of computer chipmakers' stocks. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 added 2.1% to finish at 66,399 ...

Heavy rainfall hit eastern Japan and elsewhere on Monday, with the weather agency urging maximum vigilance against landslides on Niijima, Oshima and Toshima islands, south of Tokyo, and a woman dying ...

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged into first place in state elections in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, exit polls showed, putting a far-right party on the cusp of power at state level ‌for the first ...

Japan and the United States on Friday confirmed they will advance cooperation on investing in strategic sectors and honor the other terms of a trade deal they reached last year, even though President ...

Jaguar Land Rover said Monday that it would cut "around 4,000 roles over the next two years", or about 10 percent of its global workforce, in a further blow to Europe's automobile industry. The ...