The Japanese education ministry's human resources committee on July 30 broadly approved a plan to limit the recipients of ...

Ito Mayor Maki Takubo has reversed her decision to resign amid allegations she falsified her academic credentials, and will ...

For weeks, President Donald Trump was promising the world economy would change on Friday with his new tariffs in place. It ...

Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki, one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes, erupted for a second straight day, sending a column of ...

Japan's weather agency said there is no tsunami threat to the country following a huge volcanic eruption on the Indonesian ...

Grand champion Hoshoryu has a fractured and dislocated left big toe, the Japan Sumo Association said Friday in announcing the ...

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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has decided not to express his views on World War II on the 80th anniversary of its ...

Freddie Freeman homered for the second straight game and drove in three runs, Clayton Kershaw gave up five hits in six ...

East Japan Railway Co. said Friday it has received government approval to raise fares by an average 7.1 percent from March, ...

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