YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia--Filipino death row inmate Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso knelt to pray when officers came to take her to an ...

Four high school students who returned from the Nobel Peace Prize awards ceremony in Oslo are feeling more confident about ...

A robot that plays table tennis put Olympian Miwa Harimoto through her paces at a demonstration event organized by the ...

U.S. Marines in Okinawa Prefecture have begun moving to Guam under an agreement Tokyo originally reached 18 years ago with ...

South Korea’s opposition leader offered Sunday to work with the government to ease the political tumult as officials sought ...

HIROSHIMA--Authorities here tightened security this year at annual memorial services for the victims of the 1945 atomic ...

KITA-KYUSHU--A 15-year-old girl died and her male schoolmate was injured after they were stabbed by a stranger at ...

FUKUOKA—The Fukuoka High Court on Dec. 13 ruled that provisions of the Civil Code and the Family Register Law that do not ...

Bookings for overseas travel during the year-end and New Year’s holiday period are up sharply and average spending during the ...

Guaranteeing the right of self-determination for Palestinians is crucial for breaking the deadlock in the Middle East, ...

Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) announced that all Tokaido and Sanyo bullet trains will feature women’s-only restrooms ...

IWAKUNI, Yamaguchi Prefecture—Sake brewery Asahi Shuzo Co. has announced out-of-this-world plans to brew rice wine on the ...