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

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

Springboks star Cheslin Kolbe ran in one of Tokyo Sungoliath's four second-half tries as they kicked off their Japan Rugby ...

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

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

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

Australian accident investigators on Thursday released dramatic images of a skydiver's parachute becoming entangled on an ...

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

Fighting that has flared along the Thai-Cambodian border has sent hundreds of thousands of Thai villagers fleeing from their ...

JEF United Chiba sealed their return to the J-League first division following a 16-year absence by beating Tokushima Vortis 1 ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Iran has arrested Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, her supporters said Friday ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Masato Harada, a Japanese director known for films such as "Chronicle of My Mother" and "Climber's High" ...