Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid was suspended by the NBA on Tuesday for three games without pay for shoving a member of ...

Yomiuri Shimbun file photoWakayama prefectural police headquarters The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST, [postdate] WAKAYAMA – ...

Election Day unfolded relatively smoothly as voters across the country faced only scattered disruptions and delays despite ...

North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Tuesday, the South Korean military said.

An advisory panel to UNESCO has sought to register traditional Japanese sake brewing techniques using koji mold as intangible ...

Today, at the age of 91, Boo Takagi has a big public presence as a comedian and also as a leading ukulele player. But there ...

Science, maker of the Mirable showerhead series, will develop a shower product that can be used in space, the company has ...

Only 11.2% of local governments have manuals or internal rules in place for dealing with “unclaimed bodies,” which have no ...

The city government of Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, has called for caution after a series of monkey sightings in four locations in the city, including on the grounds of Tokyo Disney Resort on Tuesday.

Remains of a 15-meter pit house were discovered in the Matsugasaki ruin, where a Jomon period settlement site had been unearthed, in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, the Korekawa Archaeological ...

Voters for Kamala Harris and Donald Trump who cast their ballots for Tuesday’s presidential election had vastly different motivations — reflecting a broader national divide on the problems the United ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average tracked Wall Street higher on Wednesday as market participants awaited indications of the outcome of a knife-edge U.S. presidential election.