March 6 marks five years since Wishma Sandamali, a 33-year-old Sri Lankan woman, died in detention at the Nagoya Regional ...

Iran launched new wave of attacks Thursday morning at Israeli and American bases following a threat to destroy mil ...

Subaru Corp. said Thursday it will launch a new electric vehicle in Japan on April 9, the second of its kind jointly ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected a test-firing of strategic cruise missiles from a new destroyer before its ...

A Japanese startup aborted the flight of its rocket on Thursday shortly after it was launched from a space complex in weste ...

Tokyo stocks surged Thursday morning, with the benchmark Nikkei index briefly rising over 4 percent, following Wall Street ...

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Honda Motor Co. said Thursday it will import two of its U.S.-manufactured models for sale in Japan from the second half of 2026, usin ...

Polls opened across Nepal on Thursday in the first nationwide election since last year's violent, youth-led uprising forced t ...

A sightseeing spot in this western Japan city known for its oriental paperbrush and fringed iris plants will remain closed ...

The venue is located at Osakako Vertiport, a takeoff and landing site in the city of Osaka's Minato Ward, developed by Osaka ...

A Japanese high court on Wednesday upheld a dissolution order for the Unification Church in line with the central government's reques ...