The Philippine, U.S. and Japanese militaries conducted joint exercises this week over the Bashi Channel that separates the Philippines from Taiwan, officials said Friday. Aircraft from the three ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said in the Diet on Friday that she opposes changing the imperial family's male succession rules. The comments are her clearest on the issue -- the subject of ...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour Party suffered an embarrassing election defeat on Friday in an ‌area of Greater Manchester that it had dominated for almost a century, a loss that underscores the ...

The number of cases in 2025 in which children under 18 were victims of sexual misconduct rose for the third consecutive year to 4,858, the highest level in the past decade, police said Thursday, amid ...

American hockey player Brady Tkachuk said Thursday that he did not appreciate a doctored TikTok video shared by the White House that made it look like he was disparaging Canadians after winning ...

Delivery company FedEx said in a statement on Thursday that it will return any tariff refund it might get to shippers and customers who paid them. The statement came after FedEx filed suit in the U.S.

Japanese TV personality Kunikazu Katsumata tries a "Mirai Human Washing Machine" during its first in-store unveiling at an electronics retailer in Tokyo on Thursday.

Instagram said Thursday it will start alerting parents if their kids repeatedly search for terms clearly associated with suicide or self-harm. The alerts will only go to parents who are enrolled in ...

A cross-party "national council" to discuss Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's pledge to eliminate the tax on food for two years held its first meeting Thursday, although major opposition forces declined ...

A 22-meter robot arm will help remove a third sample of radioactive debris from inside Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator said Thursday, as it unveiled the snake-like device.

India posted the second-highest total in the history of the men’s T20 World Cup as its batters gave home fans a show of sixes in a 72-run win over Zimbabwe in the Super Eights on Thursday. South ...

Kyoto is considering hiking public bus fares for visitors to up to double those for locals from fiscal 2027 as parts of the western Japanese city struggle with overtourism, its mayor said Wednesday.