South Korean lawmakers protested Friday over a visit by a top North Korean general for the Pyeongchang Olympics, labelling him a war criminal over the 2010 sinking of a warship and calling for his execution. Kim Yong Chol will head an eight-member delegation to arrive ...

A dream can sometimes stay with us all day, perhaps even longer. Other times we wake up and don't really remember much of what we've dreamed about. But what about other animals? Do they dream? It's a question we'll perhaps never be able to ...

Nissan and the game maker plan to hold a two-week experiment in Yokohama to develop a ride-hailing app for self-driving cabs.

As more foreign travelers visit the historic Japanese capital of Kyoto crowded and delayed city buses have become a headache for local citizens, prompting traffic authorities to take steps to ensure smoother passenger services and encourage the use of subway lines. For over 40 years, ...

More and more couples from overseas are holding wedding ceremonies in Kyoto, attracted by the ancient capital's reputation as symbolizing traditional Japanese culture. In 2015 the city government started to issue marriage certificates for foreign couples who held weddings in the city, following information from ...

Tokyo welcomes a World Trade Organization ruling against South Korea’s ban on seafood from Fukushima Prefecture but Seoul plans to appeal.

From the murky depths of Spanish caves comes a surprising insight: Neanderthals created art. That has been proposed before, but experts say two new studies finally give convincing evidence that our evolutionary cousins had the brainpower to make artistic works and use symbols. The key finding ...

Takata Corp. has reached an agreement with 44 U.S. states and Washington, D.C., to settle allegations that the Japanese company concealed safety issues related to its air bags, it was announced Thursday. The $650 million settlement concludes a multistate investigation into Takata's failure to timely ...

South Korea said it approved the Winter Olympic visit by a sanctioned North Korean official, blamed for the deadly 2010 sinking of a South Korean Navy ship, in the pursuit of peace and asked for public understanding. Some lawmakers protested Friday over the visit, labeling ...

The right-wing activists shot up the gate of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan at around 3:50 a.m. but no one was injured.

A national survey showed Thursday that 44.8 percent of freelancers who gave birth returned to work within a month after delivery. Companies are legally barred from having women return to work in the eight weeks after childbirth, but there are no such rules for freelancers. Female ...

Fresh bombardment on Eastern Ghouta killed dozens Thursday, bringing the number of dead civilians in a five-day assault by the Syrian government to more than 400. Mounting calls for a humanitarian truce in one of the bloodiest episodes of Syria's seven-year conflict went unheeded as ...

The 6,236 kg of gold Japanese customs seized from tax dodgers in 2017 set a new one-year high and was worth around ¥28 billion.

The government needs to recognize the difference with other countries in its seriousness toward economic reforms and take much deeper steps.

Even the hardiest astronaut can't compete with robot labor, but there's a silver lining.

Sapporo balances a vibrant city feel with the quieter reprieves of lush parks, dense forests and meandering trails that speak to Hokkaido's nature-centric reputation. One minute you're fighting crowds at a fish market and the next you're listening to birds chirping in the Japanese ...

Kjeld Nuis of the Netherlands captured the gold medal in the men's 1,000-meter speedskating event at the Gangneung Oval on Friday night. The 28-year-old Dutchman won the Olympic title by just 0.04 of a second in a time of 1 minute, 7.95 seconds, to claim ...

Switzerland beat Canada 7-5 to take men's curling bronze Friday at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, sending the pre-tournament favorite home without a medal for the first time since the sport returned to the games in 1998. Canada's hopes of a fourth straight gold medal were ...

Alina Zagitova won the gold medal with an elegant and poised performance in the free skate at Gangneung Ice Arena on Friday afternoon. The 15-year-old Olympic Athlete from Russia became the second-youngest women's Olympic champion ever with the victory. Zagitova is one month older than ...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is edging closer to allowing Russia to march behind its national flag at the Winter Games closing ceremony, sources said, in a move Moscow hopes will mark the end of its ostracism from world sport. Sources familiar with the matter ...

Kelsey Serwa turned to best friend and Olympic roommate Brittany Phelan in the starting gate before the women's ski cross final and went through the ritual one more time. The Canadian teammates bumped fists then began chanting "Here we go!" in an over exaggerated ...