Belarus has freed 123 prisoners including a Nobel Peace Prize winner and a Japanese man who had been sentenced for espionage, ...

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The families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago said Saturday they are determined to be reunited with ...

Nearly 30 percent of companies in northeastern Japan said their operations have been disrupted by bears, a survey by a credit ...

Bear attacks on pet dogs have become a regular occurrence in north Japan, with one hunter suggesting the phenomenon is caused ...

The most effective measure against shoplifting is a simple greeting from store staff, according to an experiment conducted by ...

Japan's first helpline in Taiwanese and Mandarin recently marked its 35th anniversary -- decades that saw the service take ...

Osaka Metro Co. conducted a disaster drill early Saturday at a train station in the major western Japan city it serves to ...

Archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered one of the most important finds from Anatolia's early Christian era: a fresco of a ...

In the age of dinosaurs -- before whales, great whites or the bus-sized megalodon -- a monstrous shark prowled the wat ...

Japanese Olympian Shigeyuki Nakarai outdueled compatriot and defending champion Isshin Hishikawa to win his first breaking ...

In the Nov. 9 Kamisu mayoral election in Ibaraki Prefecture, the incumbent and a newcomer received the same number of votes, ...