Japanese TV personality Kunikazu Katsumata tries a "Mirai Human Washing Machine" during its first in-store unveiling at an electronics retailer in Tokyo on Thursday.

The number of cases in 2025 in which children under 18 were victims of sexual misconduct rose for the third consecutive year to 4,858, the highest level in the past decade, police said Thursday, amid ...

In the days surrounding Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's February election win, several dozen X accounts linked to a Chinese misinformation campaign attacked her deeply conservative views and ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un donned matching jackets with his daughter at a military parade, state media photos showed Thursday, stoking speculation she is being groomed as heir. Kim's teenage ...

Tokyo Skytree tower will restart operations on Thursday, days after 20 visitors were trapped in an elevator for more than five hours, the operator said as safety checks have been completed. Tobu Tower ...

Japan is expanding its defense capabilities. Military spending is rising. Long-range missiles are being acquired. But there's a problem. The Japan Self-Defense Forces are struggling to fill their ...

The Nikkei stock index ended at a record high above 58,000 on Wednesday, as speculation about further interest rate hikes by the Bank of Japan receded after the government's nomination of two new BOJ ...

For much of the year, the Tsugaru Railway quietly connects rural communities across northern Aomori. In winter, the line takes on a completely different character, transforming into the Tsugaru Stove ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi drew criticism from opposition parties on Wednesday after admitting to distributing congratulatory gift catalogs to all of her party's House of Representatives ...

Twenty people were trapped inside an elevator at Tokyo Skytree tower from Sunday night for more than five hours, the operator said, adding that the facility, which is Japan's tallest broadcasting ...

Eiken Sato of Japan rides the horse Chadellano JRA during the Gothenburg Horse Show in Gothenburg, Sweden, on Sunday.

France's government said Sunday the "ultra-left" was behind the fatal beating of a French youth aligned with the far right, after the killing inflamed political tension ahead of March local elections.