Japan's cabinet on Friday approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for the coming year, aiming to fortify its strike-back capability and coastal defense with cruise ...

A folding knife with an 8-cm blade was found in a trash can at the departure gate on the second floor of Komatsu airport in Ishikawa Prefecture on Wednesday, the transport ministry said Thursday. The ...

Japan's weather agency on Friday warned of powerful winds, blizzards and high waves in western, eastern and northeastern Japan, with the possibility of lightning, tornadoes, avalanches and widespread ...

Japan is moving toward a 10 percent foreign population far faster than official projections, with dozens of municipalities already crossing the threshold and one village reporting that more than a ...

China has urged domestic travel agencies to reduce the number of Japan-bound tourists by 40 percent, industry sources said Thursday, amid a Beijing-Tokyo row over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered officials to step up production of missiles and construct more factories to meet his military's growing need for the projectiles, state media said Friday.

Aston Villa faces a tough challenge at Chelsea on Saturday after muscling their way into the Premier League title race alongside Arsenal and Manchester City. The Gunners, top of the tree at Christmas, ...

The Detroit Lions have gifted the division rival Green Bay Packers a spot in the playoffs. With six turnovers in a 23-10 loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Thursday, Detroit was eliminated from ...

A poster on the wall of a Tokyo subway station urges people not to be violent toward station staff.

Istanbul police launched scores of simultaneous raids on Thursday, detaining over a hundred suspected members of the militant Islamic State group who were allegedly planning attacks against Christmas ...

Toyota Motor Corp said Thursday its global output in November fell 5.5 percent from a year earlier to 821,723 units for the first drop in six months, dragged down by slowing production in China and ...

Australia won't attempt to replace injured Nathan Lyon with another spin bowler for the fourth Ashes test against England and will go into Friday's start of the match with a 12-man, pace-heavy squad.