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Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani makes his Major League Baseball playoff debut on Saturday as the Los Angeles Dodgers launch their post-seas...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday promised to restore trust in politics following a series of scandals and tried to reassure the publi...

The transport ministry said it will check Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan for unexploded bombs from World War II after one exploded o...

Australian authorities said on Friday they would deploy more police personnel and tighten security measures ahead of pro-Palestine rallies i...

U.S. country music star Garth Brooks stands accused of raping a makeup artist in her hotel room in a lawsuit filed in California on Thursday...

US dockworkers will return to work after a three-day strike at East and Gulf Coast ports after the union and port operators reached a tentat...

Harry Maguire's injury-time equaliser saved Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag from another damaging defeat after the Red Devils blew a 2-0...

The United States has seized 41 internet domains used by Russian intelligence agents and their proxies to hack into government agencies incl...

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, left, meets with Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on...

Asian shares were mostly lower on Thursday after U.S. stocks stalled as investors awaited developments in the Middle East.The U.S. dollar g...

Holders Real Madrid suffered a shock 1-0 loss to Lille in the Champions League on Wednesday, while Aston Villa defeated Bayern Munich 1-0 in...

"Hate speech kills people" reads the headline in the September 27 issue of Nikkan Gendai, where the tabloid has devoted a full page to an in...

Kiana Tomita, Kyoto University graduate school student and TV personality, is pictured after being chosen in Tokyo on Wednesday, to represen...

Japan had its second-hottest September since records began with some regions the warmest yet, the weather agency said, in a year likely to b...

The runway at Miyazaki Airport in southwest Japan was closed Wednesday after an explosion on a taxiway, although no injuries were reported,...

Democrat Tim Walz questioned Republican Donald Trump's fitness for office at the outset of Tuesday's vice presidential debate, arguing that...

It doesn’t feel like Christmas in Venezuela. At least not yet. Even if the president wants it to be.Residents of Caracas, the capital, woke...

Arsenal beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 in their heavyweight Champions League duel on Tuesday, while last season's beaten finalists Borussia Do...

Princess Kako watches the men's singles final match between Arthur Fils of France and compatriot Ugo Humbert at the Japan Open tennis tourna...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida resigned with his cabinet, paving the way for his likely successor Shigeru Ishiba to take office.Chief Cabinet...

A new California law extends consumer privacy protection to brainwave data gathered by implants or wearable devices.Governor Gavin Newsom o...

Pete Rose, Major League Baseball's all-time hit king who left the sport in disgrace after being banned for betting on games, died Monday age...

Bournemouth's record signing Evanilson scored his first goal for the club as the Cherries beat Southampton 3-1 on Monday.The Brazilian inte...

Volunteers help clean up outside temporary housing in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Monday, following heavy rain that inundated parts of t...

Japan's incoming prime minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday he plans to hold a general election on Oct 27.Here is what to expect in the f...