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The 37-year-old appeared in 134 National Women's Soccer League matches, recording 23 goals and 25 assists.

The U.S. is pausing all current military aid to Ukraine until the U.S. president determines the country’s leaders demonstrate a good-faith c...

Kazuyoshi Okuyama’s powerful drama about a sex worker baring her soul features its lead actor emoting nearly nonstop with no cuts.

CEOs and economists say the action would deal a serious setback to the highly integrated North American economy.

Once the home of Tokyo's black market, this 6,600 sq. meter district has nearly 300 tiny bars packed into it.

The emperor's daughter, 23-year-old Aiko, is not eligible as Japanese law stipulates that only male members of the royal family can ascend t...

The unusually dry weather, strong winds, the prefecture's mountainous terrain — as well as what's known as a fire cycle — have made the situ...

Koichiro Ito was reportedly accused of paying a 15-year-old girl money in return for sex, and demanding that another teenager take and send...

In the 1980s, Japan dominated semiconductor production. Fast-forward to today and the country is trying to recapture its past glory, this ti...

It’s unsettling, but the amount of plastic in your brain is probably less than the plastic spoon’s worth grabbing the headlines.

Had Roosevelt forced Churchill to surrender to Hitler and hand over his country's coal with no U.S. security guarantees, it would resemble w...

Without the well-developed road infrastructure of many parts of Honshu, it has never been easy to be a truck driver in Hokkaido.

The Financial Services Agency is asking life insurers about the scale of the practice and the type of contracts they have in place.

The shares will be offered at ¥810 to ¥820 each after feedback from investors, JX Metals said in a filing in Tokyo on Monday.

Starting out as a complete amateur, Takatoshi Hayashi now receives orders from abroad for his “Ishinomaki Kokeshi” as his renown spreads onl...

Conquering Europe for the first time appears to be Arsenal's only chance of ending a five-year trophy drought.

Blackstone has been increasingly active in Japan’s life science sector amid a wider buyout boom in the country.

Gender inequality in the household is a large barrier to women’s participation in politics, creating a vicious cycle that delays progress, K...

The Japanese leader sought to strike a balance for Japan, the sole Asian G7 member, in its alliance with the U.S. and its longstanding suppo...

Pressure for growth is rising after a counterproposal by Seven & I’s founding Ito family and Itochu for a ¥9 trillion management buyout coll...

The Trump administration announced last week that it was canceling nearly 10,000 foreign aid grants and contracts worth almost $60 billion,...

The Recovery Support Center was created as many victims complained of problems with their eyes even years after medical examinations began t...

Global liner rates fell 5.9% sequentially in the week ended Feb. 27, after earlier breaking below $3,000 per 12-meter container for the firs...

The prices of staples such as rice, eggs and cabbage have all surged in the past 12 months.

Syria's interim president wants to renegotiate the 49-year lease for one base and an indefinite lease for the other to secure better terms.