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Melonbooks is one of Japan’s largest sellers of doujinshi, independently produced manga/anime art. However, as of next month customers will...

British writer Samantha Harvey won the prestigious Booker Prize on Tuesday for her science fiction novel following six astronauts as they or...

Jannik Sinner hit the accelerator at the end of each set as he cruised past Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday to close in on a semifinal spot...

A woman wearing a kimono walks through numerous torii gates in Fushimi Inari-Taisha shrine, Kyoto.

Controversial YouTuber and Twitch streamer Johnny Somali has been indicted for "causing a commotion" at a convenience store in South Korea,...

Japanese soccer player Kazuyoshi Miura is several generations older than his teammates. His contemporaries retired decades ago. Lionel Messi...

Typhoon Toraji unleashed floods, knocked down trees and caused power outages in the northern Philippines before weakening into a tropical st...

New Zealand offered a historic national apology on Tuesday to victims and families of hundreds of thousands of young people and vulnerable a...

Police in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai have arrested a 62-year-old man after a suspected hit-and-run attack at a sports center that r...

Riot police in Amsterdam on Monday evening arrested several people during another eruption of violence sparked by a soccer match between Isr...

A man was killed, a woman is in a critical condition and two other people were seriously injured after a car driven by an 84-year-old woman...

Wooden votive plaques called ema with hand-written messages of hope and wishes for the coming Year of the Snake are seen at Kiyomizu-dera te...

Hundreds of people on Monday set out on a nine-day march to New Zealand's capital of Wellington in protest over legislation that would reint...

Yuichiro Tamaki, the head of the Japanese opposition party that has emerged as kingmaker as lawmakers select the next prime minister on Mond...

Days before Senate Republicans pick their new leader, President-elect Donald Trump is pressuring the candidates to change the rules and empo...

Jannik Sinner got his bid for a first ATP Finals title underway with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Alex de Minaur on Sunday as former champion Daniil...

Clinical South Africa gave another great defensive display to beat Scotland 32-15 at Murrayfield on Sunday.The scoreline flattered South Af...

The chief of staff of Saudi Arabia's armed forces, Fayyad al-Ruwaili, visited Tehran on Sunday to meet with his Iranian counterpart and disc...

Afghan Taliban officials will attend a major United Nations climate conference that starts this week, the Afghan Foreign Ministry said on Su...

Star scrumhalf Antoine Dupont celebrated his return as captain and his scoring touch was not even needed as eight-try France routed Japan 52...

Coco Gauff won the WTA Finals for the first time by rallying to beat Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2) in the final on Saturda...

Argentina notched up a ninth successive victory over Italy with a convincing 50-18 win in Udine on Saturday to kick off their November inter...

President Joe Biden will meet with President-elect Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday after the U.S. leader pledged an orderly tra...

Thousands of Spaniards marched in the eastern city of Valencia on Saturday to demand the resignation of the regional president in charge of...

A suicide bomber blew himself up at a train station in restive southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 24 people, including sold...