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Three men have been arrested in connection with the discovery of a man's body which was found on the coast in Kaizuka, Osaka Prefecture, last month. Police said…

A Greenland court will decide on Monday whether to further extend the four-month-long detention of anti-whaling activist Paul Watson, pending a decision on his extradition to Japan. The…

A bear was trapped and killed Monday after a two-day stay in a northeastern Japan supermarket, police said, ending an incident in which the animal attacked a male…

The U.N. environment chief insisted Monday that talks on a landmark plastic pollution treaty were not a failure, saying important progress was made despite negotiations collapsing without agreement.…

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday he had pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, who had been convicted of making false statements on a gun background check and…

The Japanese government will no longer issue health insurance cards from Monday, instead integrating them with My Number cards. The health ministry said people with current health insurance cards that have…

Stellantis chief executive Carlos Tavares on Sunday resigned "with immediate effect", the auto giant announced, signalling differences over how to confront the group's profit slump. The Italian-U.S.-French company,…

On a two-day visit to Hawaii, Taiwan’s president Lai Ching-te met with the state's governor and congressional representatives as part of a Pacific island tour that has already…

Police in Kushiro, Hokkaido, have arrested a 77-year-old woman after she pointed a knife at her husband in his 70s and threatened to kill him. The incident occurred…

A 90-meter intercept try by women's sevens player of the year Maddison Levi clinched Australia's fifth successive Dubai title against archrival New Zealand in the final on Sunday.…

Fearless American rookie Ryggs Johnston fired a 68 to win the Australian Open on Saturday, with South Korean former world number one Shin Ji-yai crowned women's champion for…

Max Verstappen avenged his overnight demotion from pole position by clinching his ninth win of the season and 63rd of his career with a dominant triumph for Red…

Liverpool is in control of the Premier League title race. Manchester City is in free fall. A 2-0 win against City on Sunday moved Liverpool nine points clear…

Japan's Hiroto Ogiwara won his second big air World Cup competition and his first since the start of the previous season on Sunday. The 19-year-old scored 169.50 points…

Instagram and Facebook-owner Meta Platforms said on Monday it had introduced stricter rules for advertisers of financial products and services targeting Australians, in a bid to crack down…

Osaka Gov Hirofumi Yoshimura, who is nationally recognized, was elected Sunday as the top leader of Japan's second-largest opposition party, with a pledge to rebuild the party's political…

Christmas came early at the box office this year. “Moana 2” brought in a tidal wave of moviegoers over the Thanksgiving Day weekend, setting records with $221 million…

Eight people are dead and two others are wounded after gunmen pulled up to a roadside stand in north-central Mexico and opened fire on customers and bystanders, authorities…

Starting Sunday, sex workers in Belgium will be able to sign formal employment contracts and gain labor rights on par with those in other professions in a legal…

Iceland's center-left Social Democratic Alliance became the biggest party in a snap election that unseated the ruling coalition of the past seven years, the final count showed on…

Ireland’s two long-dominant center-right parties looked likely to form a new government as results came in Sunday from a fractured national election, though with a reduced vote share…

A third night of protests in the Georgian capital against the government’s decision to suspend negotiations to join the European Union left 44 people hospitalized, officials said Sunday.…