A revised Japanese law aimed at facilitating the swift removal of defamatory content on social media platforms came into effect on Tuesday, mandating operators to set up clear points of contact for ...

At least 63 people were being treated in hospitals in Malaysia on Tuesday after a major blaze at a gas pipeline operated by state energy firm Petronas, authorities said, with efforts ongoing to ...

Police in Nishitokyo in Tokyo on Monday arrested a 41-year-old man on suspicion of killing his 37-year-old ex-wife at the bar she owned and operated last month. Police said Korean national Kang ...

Seven people were injured but conscious after a car barreled through a busy area of downtown Nagoya, central Japan, on Tuesday, local authorities said. The two males and five females, including an ...

In recent years, Japanese whisky has exploded in popularity internationally. Even if you’re a seasoned veteran of Japan’s pub and bar circuit, if you walk into a liquor store overseas you might be ...

Markets around the world continue to sink on fears about President Donald Trump's protectionist trade policies, and investors keep plowing money into gold, with futures hitting another record high ...

Tourists and Japanese locals marveled at Tokyo's cherry trees on Monday at the peak of the annual blossom season that traditionally represents fresh starts but also life's fleeting impermanence.

Whole herds of cattle have drowned in vast inland floods seeping across the Australian outback, officials said Tuesday as the muddy tide drenched an area the size of France. Swollen rivers burst their ...

The Trump administration deported more alleged Venezuelan and MS-13 gang members to El Salvador over the weekend, the U.S. State Department said on Monday, even as questions arose in a legal challenge ...

Shohei Ohtani has another win to add to his stockpile. After winning the World Series and his third league MVP award, the Los Angeles Dodgers star now has the world's most popular Major League ...

Physical art will be a thing again. Oil painting, stone carvers, carpenters, paper-related industries. It's gonna renaissance age again, but this time it's the whole world. Physical art will be a ...

Aid groups arriving in the worst-hit areas of Myanmar said there was an urgent need for shelter, food and water after last week's devastating quake, while in Bangkok rescuers pressed on searching for ...