Police said Monday they are questioning a man in his 30s following a stabbing of a woman and an event staffer working for a Japanese female idol group HKT48 from the southwestern city of Fukuoka. The ...

The Japanese word gamaguchi translates literally into English as “frog mouth,” but the language didn’t really need a single, specialized vocabulary word for discussing that part of amphibian anatomy.

Jose Antonio Kast, the candidate of the far-right Republican Party that he founded, looks ‌set to be the next president of Chile after taking a commanding lead against leftist Jeannette Jara in ...

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Two gunmen who attacked a Jewish celebration in Sydney's Bondi Beach that killed 15 people were a father and son, police said on Monday, as Australia mourned victims of its ‌worst gun violence in ...

We all have certain gaps in our knowledge that are widely known to others. Everyone has their blind spots, and we can only hope they don’t emerge in embarrassing or damaging situations… or both, as ...

Police in Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, have arrested a 40-year-old Brazilian woman on suspicion of assaulting a 54-year-old taxi driver after she refused to pay the fare. According to police, the incident ...

Chinese demand for foreign luxury cars is waning as customers opt for more affordable Chinese brand models, often sold at big discounts, catering to their taste for fancy electronics and comfort. That ...

Nearly 30 percent of companies in northeastern Japan said their operations have been disrupted by bears, a survey by a credit research firm showed, amid a surge in attacks and sightings. The online ...

Haruki Murakami was in town last week to hear his words set to music and his praises literally sung. The 76-year-old Tokyo resident and perennial Nobel Prize candidate received a pair of honors in ...

The growing accessibility of online fund-raising tools, including crowdfunding, has led Japanese political parties to increasingly turn to internet-based financing, figures from the parties have shown ...

The amount of electricity data centers use in the U.S. in the coming years is expected to be significant. But regular reports of proposals for new ones and cancellations of planned ones mean that it’s ...