Authorities in Belgium and other European countries are investigating possible cyberattacks that caused temperatures inside supermarkets' freezers and refrigerators to soar.

The administration of US President Donald Trump has shown its intention to increase the federal government's involvement in Tuesday's midterm elections, saying the aim is to counter voter fraud. But ...

Post offices across Japan have started selling greeting cards for the coming New Year. Many feature images of sheep, the ...

A US news website says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pressed US President Donald Trump to strike Iran ...

The United Nations is warning that more and more farmers in Afghanistan are growing opium poppies. It says the area under ...

The Japanese government launched a new agency on Monday to oversee the country's disaster preparedness and response efforts.

A luxury imported wristwatch that was stolen from a store in Tokyo last week has been returned by courier. A man ran off with ...

About 30 people have drunk matcha green tea from bowls larger than their heads in a ceremony at a Buddhist temple in Nara ...

Sendai, the largest city in the Tohoku region of northeastern Japan, was founded some 400 years ago by the legendary feudal warlord Date Masamune. Over the centuries, it has evolved — first as a ...

Scientists uncover the origins of the Japanese through ancient DNA. We also explore deep-sea microbes that may help predict future climate change.

Japan's GMO Internet Group has held its first news conference addressing the cyberattack on its foreign exchange trading ...

Bird watchers everywhere flock to Cuba to see the world's smallest flier, the Bee hummingbird. This radiant bird is just 5 ...