Police in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture have arrested a 34-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl on the grounds of a vacant house last September. According ...

The Japanese government submitted to parliament Friday a bill allowing police and the Self-Defense Forces to neutralize enemy ...

Japan's Supreme Court on Friday overturned a lower court's acquittal of a man charged with committing a hit-and-run that resulted in the death of a middle school student in 2015, citing his failure to ...

The strongest cold wave of the season has caused record snowfall in the Hokuriku region since Friday night. In 12 hours from Friday night to Saturday morning, 50 centimeters of snow fell in Niigata ...

President Donald Trump said Friday that he's revoking former President Joe Biden's security clearance and ending the daily ...

Democratic lawmakers are seeking a Treasury Department investigation of the access that Elon Musk's team was given to the ...

US President Donald Trump announced Friday he will name himself to be chairman of the Kennedy Center, putting his aggressive rightwing stamp on Washington's premier cultural venue. Trump broke the ...

Along the long road from American icon to endangered species and back again, the bald eagle — the national bird of the United ...

Medical researchers left to compile national data by hand, contraceptive guidelines deemed essential by doctors erased, and ...

The U.S. winter virus season is in full force, and by one measure is the most intense in 15 years. One indicator of flu ...

Growing a bonsai is more than just caring for a miniature tree -- it’s an art, a craft and an ancient meditative practice.

A violin made in 1714 by the legendary luthier Antonio Stradivari sold for $11.3 million at an auction in New York on Friday, ...