Osaka confirmed 760 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, while Tokyo reported 421 infections a day before stricter measures are set to go into effect.

The former Eastern Bloc is home to almost a quarter of the EU’s 440 million population and is struggling to tame the pandemic.

The ministry's move is in response to increasing calls for toughening the penalty from slander victims and others.

In the complaint, announced Friday, the aid group and its partners accuse the four of profiting from forced labor of Uyghurs, a Chinese ethnic minority.

The number of participants to the event was limited to a minimum amid the novel coronavirus epidemic.

Details of a brutal crackdown in the city of Bago, 65 km northeast of Yangon, took a full day to emerge, as residents told of continued violence by the army.

The underground Natanz site is the centerpiece of Iran's uranium enrichment program and monitored by inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Official campaigning for the Nagoya mayoral election started Sunday, with incumbent Takashi Kawamura facing three challengers. The April 25 contest will effectively be a fight between Kawamura, 72, and his primary challenger, Toshiaki Yokoi, 59, a former city assembly member backed by the ruling Liberal ...

The numbers of failed eateries dropped 36% and 56.3% in January and February respectively, followed by a 2.6% decline in March.

The effect of stricter measures could start emerging in the week of April 19, and authorities will decide then if an emergency declaration is needed.

The Ever Given container ship became stuck in the vital international waterway in late March.

The study suggests the vaccine is less effective against the South African variant, compared with the original coronavirus and a variant first identified in Britain.

To those who want the end of the one-party state, Maykel Castillo, 37, is a hero. To others he is a social misfit.

The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II's husband, Prince Philip, will take place this week, Buckingham Palace said Saturday, announcing a stripped-back ceremony due to coronavirus restrictions, and a return for exiled royal Prince Harry but not his wife, Meghan. The announcement came as the couple's ...

As China grows stronger and bolder, some experts want to end Washington’s decades-long policy of “strategic ambiguity.”

It would be rare for Japanese and U.S. leaders to single out human rights issues in China in a joint statement.

Russia has amassed more troops on the Ukrainian border than at any time since 2014. Western governments are asking: Why now?

Mima Osawa puts sustainability and style at the forefront of her fashion line, Mono Handmade.

After many stores shut their doors last month, there’s now a pop culture-tinged positivity imbuing Japan’s fashion scene.

Here’s expert advice for coming back from saying things you regret, how to empathize with your kids and how to cut down on snapping when it’s possible.

Izumi Suzuki, a prolific writer of speculative science fiction and a counterculture figure in the 1970s and ’80s, has gone largely overlooked by modern readers — until now.

Asako Takakura's side put on a goal-scoring clinic against the outclassed Central American side in the first international game played at Tokyo's new National Stadium.

Just over two years after her leukemia diagnosis, the star swimmer is now poised to become a symbol of hope for Japan after qualifying for several relay events at the games.

The organizing committee for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics is planning to secure a hotel with about 300 rooms for athletes with minor or no symptoms of the novel coronavirus, officials with knowledge of the plan said Saturday. It is yet another effort from the ...

The NHL announced Saturday that the Vancouver Canucks will return to play on Friday, and the league's regular season has been extended to May 16. The Canucks have been idle since March 24 due to a COVID-19 outbreak within the team. Per the NHL, the Canucks ...

Rookie relievers Haruki Omichi and Ryoji Kuribayashi each worked a scoreless inning on Saturday to preserve the Hiroshima Carp's 4-2 Central League win over the Yomiuri Giants. Starting pitcher Aren Kuri (3-0) allowed two runs, one earned, over seven innings, while leadoff man Ryosuke Kikuchi ...