Japanese restaurant information website Hot Pepper recently conducted its latest user survey, and among the questions it asked Tokyo-area residents is which neighborhoods they like to go out for ...

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’s backing off a planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after speaking to the mayor, as protesters gathered outside a U.S. Coast Guard base ...

U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday that President Donald Trump would oppose Israeli annexation of the occupied West Bank and it would not happen, suggesting a move by Israeli lawmakers ...

U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping next week as part of a trip to Asia, the White House said on Thursday, confirming the meeting which had been called into question ...

As temperatures drop during the colder months in Japan, our electricity bill rises. Since Japan doesn’t have central heating, individual rooms have to use their own heaters. While most people rely on ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin remained defiant on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump hit Russia's two biggest oil companies with sanctions to pressure the Kremlin leader to end the war in ...

Twenty first-grade children and two teachers were stung by hornets on the grounds of an elementary school in Ome City, Tokyo, on Thursday. The incident occurred at around 9:30 a.m. near a farm on the ...

The U.S. military conducted its eighth strike against an alleged drug vessel, killing two people, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday. The Tuesday night strike occurred in the eastern ...

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday it was now absolutely clear that the United States was Russia's adversary and that U.S. President Donald Trump's recent steps on Ukraine ...

The season's first snowcap was observed on Japan's tallest peak, Mount Fuji, on Thursday, occurring 21 days later than an average but 15 days earlier than last year, a local observatory of the weather ...

More than 100,000 New Zealand teachers, nurses, doctors, firefighters and support staff walked off the job on Thursday demanding more money and resources for the public sector in a sign of growing ...