Three deaths in flooded underpasses in Chiba and Fukushima prefectures have prompted new safety measures, including barriers ...

The lush grasses at Ozegahara, the mountain marshland spanning the borders of Gunma, Fukushima and Niigata prefectures, have ...

SEOUL―South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Tuesday ⁠that AI models are believed to have been used in some recent ...

HIROSHIMA--Having survived the atomic bomb that flattened his hometown of Hiroshima when he was nine months old, Kunihiko Sakuma has never forgotten the stain it left on him in the eyes of some of his ...

Asian shares were mixed on Tuesday and U.S. futures advanced after shares rose to near a record close on Wall Street.

A scientific research organization is warning that using diabetes medications to lose weight poses potential side effects and health risks.

Disgraced celebrity Masahiro Nakai sexually assaulted a former announcer at Fuji Television Network Inc. in a “work-related” incident, and the broadcaster’s appalling response was like a second attack ...

All Seven-Eleven outlets in India have closed, reducing the number of countries and territories where the convenience store chain operates to 18.

To combat disinformation and discriminatory biases associated with artificial intelligence, government officials are considering new regulations aimed at naming and shaming AI companies responsible ...

After helping flood-hit communities in Ishikawa and Toyama prefectures, forestry worker Koji Miyata returned home and found himself facing another water crisis. “The road in front of my house has ...

A peek through the music industry’s curtain at the producers who harnessed social media to help their idols go global.

LONDON—Akira Otani’s gangland thriller centered around two women is the first Japanese work to win the translation division of the prestigious Dagger Awards. “The Night of Baba Yaga,” translated by ...