Three crew members of the International Space Station, including Norishige Kanai of Japan, returned to Earth on Sunday after completing a 5½-month mission, NASA said. The Soyuz spacecraft carrying Kanai, Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov and American Scott Tingle landed in the Kazakhstan countryside around 6:40 ...

Japan has reached a turning point in deciding whether it will continue to advocate "pressure" on North Korea as its close ally, the United States, leans toward dialogue with Pyongyang. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has always said that maintaining pressure on Pyongyang is vital in ...

Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said he reached an agreement Sunday with his U.S. and South Korean counterparts to work in tandem to urge North Korea to take concrete steps toward denuclearization, less than 10 days before a planned summit between U.S. President Donald Trump ...

Only three of 59 underequipped railroad crossings where accidents resulting in death or injury occurred over a five-year period are expected to be fixed.

The nation's young adults are getting wise to the idea of changing jobs, surveys say. After putting up with years of stagnation in the job market, attitudes are shifting among job-hunting students as more employment opportunities arise, a recruitment consultant said. "Now that it has become ...

A Japanese couple face a bill for $50,000 in medical costs after being assaulted in a public restroom at a Honolulu park.

When Helen Clark was first elected to New Zealand's parliament in 1981, she was one of only eight female lawmakers among the 92 representatives. Now, women account for nearly 38 percent of the parliament, including a new prime minister who is expected to deliver ...

If Italy leaves the euro, it will be late on a Friday night. Government officials will have planned the move in the utmost secrecy, telling their European partners only that same evening while simultaneously ordering the shutdown of banks and financial markets to prevent a ...

You can't choose your neighbors, as organic farmer Takao Shito knows all too well after a decadeslong battle against Narita International Airport — the country's second-busiest. His farm is virtually surrounded by the airport, and jets from around the world roar down right next door ...

When racism occurs, either implicitly or overtly, it is often dismissed as arising from Japanese racial naivete.

New data is shedding light on the practice's horrible economic impact.

Kenneth Reilly, president and CEO, AIG General Insurance Co. Ltd., is the first to admit that insurance isn’t sexy.

Dogged father in Hague Convention case shines a light on a check-and-balance on the judiciary that barely functions.

A reader writes in with a query about the all-too-familiar subject of divorce, along with a related question about his mortgage.

Toji was once "a real loner" and very difficult to be around, but with love and patience, he has now learned not only to trust but also to show affection.

"Life is the Heart of a Rainbow," the Yayoi Kusama exhibition now on at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Jakarta, is the first retrospective of the artist Indonesia has ever hosted.

"Japan in Architecture: Genealogies of its Transformation" is now showing at the Mori Art Museum.

Lacking his usual speed and quickness, Kei Nishikori could only put up a brave fight in a 6-2, 6-0, 5-7, 6-4 fourth-round French Open loss to Dominic Thiem on Sunday. Unable to chase down tough balls, all the 28-year-old Nishikori had going for him was ...

Two years before sport climbing makes its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020, Akiyo Noguchi won the women's championship in the fifth event of the bouldering World Cup season on Sunday. Her victory at Esforta Arena Hachioji in western Tokyo was Noguchi's third straight win on ...

Sumo wrestler Tochinoshin, who was recently promoted to the sport's second-highest rank of ozeki, said Sunday he plans to ask Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili to build a sumo ring in his homeland. The 30-year-old, who won the 15-day January Grand Sumo Tournament this year, expressed ...

Daiki Enokida got his first chance to face his former club and helped pitch the Seibu Lions to a 10-5 interleague win over the Hanshin Tigers on Sunday. Enokida (5-1) struck out five and allowed three runs over seven innings at MetLife Dome, while right-hander ...

The Sunwolves were beaten 41-31 by the Brumbies at Canberra's GIO Stadium on Sunday as the Super Rugby competition heads into the June break. With the majority of their national team members back in Japan preparing for the upcoming tests against Italy and Georgia, the ...

Mozu Ascot won the 68th running of the Yasuda Kinen on Sunday for the colt's first Grade One victory. Ninth-favorite Mozu Ascot, ridden by jockey Christophe Lemaire tied the race record of 1 minute, 31.3 seconds set in 2012 by Strong Return. Fifth-pick Aerolithe finished ...

Danny Green watched the wild events at the end of regulation in Game 1 of the NBA Finals unfold like everyone else. Unlike everyone else, Green, a guard for the San Antonio Spurs, has the perspective of a nine-year NBA veteran who has won a ...

The New York Yankees have been dominant for most of the season, and they certainly don't need any extra help from the opposition. So, when the Baltimore Orioles had several gaffes in the field, the Yankees took advantage and pulled away from their American League ...

Alex Ovechkin went airborne, Evgeny Kuznetsov flapped his arms like a bird of prey and the Washington Capitals are flying high, just two wins away from winning the Stanley Cup. Ovechkin dived to score his 14th goal of the playoffs and raised his arms in ...

The cheers kept coming across Muirfield Village, even after Tiger Woods was done making another run up the leaderboard at the Memorial. Patrick Cantlay made two eagles, including a hole-in-one. Joaquin Niemann, the 19-year-old from Chile, took the lead with a 50-foot eagle putt and fell ...