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The continued razing of Palestinian enclave following the killing of Israel Embassy staffers will only perpetuate the cycle of violence.

Some four decades after orchestrating its first attack against Turkish government targets, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party has decided to disba...

The insurer's unrealized losses on its Japanese bond holdings grew to about ¥1.386 trillion in the year ended March, compared with ¥161.4 bi...

Residents had been told that, if captured, women would be assaulted and men mutilated by U.S. soldiers.

Lance Cpl. Ivan Garciamartinez’s breathalyzer test showed an alcohol level approximately twice the legal limit, police said.

The front-runner in South Korea's June 3 presidential election laid out a noticeably softer approach to the nuclear-armed North than his ous...

There is rising momentum in the negotiations as the U.S. tariffs threaten to drag Japan’s economy into a technical recession ahead of the Up...

The University of Osaka study involving over 1,400 fourth graders is among the first to demonstrate a clear link between eating behavior and...

The U.S. leader's remarks came after Moscow launched a second night of deadly missile and drone strikes across much of Ukraine.

The Aug. 23 poll will decide whether the Maanshan nuclear power plant, shuttered just last week, should resume operations if there are no sa...

Trees have long occupied a sacred place in Japanese culture. In the fast pace of the 21st century, however, they're increasingly losing out...

Nadal dominated the French Open after winning in his debut as a teenager in 2005, lifting the trophy a record-breaking 14 times.

"Military activity has increased massively here since Finland joined NATO," one herder said.

The history of romanized Vietnamese links the arrival of the first Christian missionaries, colonization by the French and the rise to power...

Such a move would force the U.S. president to pick between his desire to avoid antagonizing his Russian counterpart against his wish to brin...

The election will decide whether one of the European Union’s fastest-growing economies can resist the surge of populism sweeping the bloc.

Norris set up his first victory in the Mediterranean principality by securing pole position on Saturday and then making no mistakes on a sun...

The Israeli military already controls about 40% of Gaza.

After an American writer ventured into the world of tea ceremony, its lessons transformed her relationship to Japan and brought her into com...

U.S. President Donald Trump had threatened to impose a higher, 50% tariff on the EU starting June 1 after complaining the bloc was slow-walk...

Speaking to reporters in Kyoto, Ishiba said there has been progress in negotiations, pointing to discussions on trade expansion, nontariff m...

The airport in Chiba Prefecture, which services Tokyo, will see the number of its annual landing and takeoff slots jump to 500,000 from the...

The emperor arrived in Saitama on Saturday for a two-day visit, where he inspected a research institute on tea, a local specialty, and a spe...

Japan has offered cooperation in shipbuilding as a bargaining chip in its tariff negotiations with the United States.

As modern pentathlon takes on a Japanese flavor with a "Sasuke"-inspired event, Ayumu Saito is working to raise the sport’s profile in Japan...