Japan and the United States made "progress" in tariff talks Thursday and agreed to hold intense ministerial-level discussions in or after mid-May with the aim of reaching a mutually beneficial deal at ...

What appears to be a human body has been found inside the cabin of a truck swallowed by a massive sinkhole that opened at an intersection in Yashio, north of Tokyo, in January, local authorities said ...

Harvey Weinstein ’s lawyers got their turn Thursday to question a woman who alleges the one-time Hollywood heavyweight held her down on a bed and forced oral sex on her nearly two decades ago. Miriam ...

British police said Thursday that counterterrorism detectives will investigate comments by Irish hip-hop group Kneecap, which has been criticized by UK politicians over statements about the Middle ...

A new documentary from Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese will feature a conversation with the late Pope Francis about an effort the pontiff championed to provide education through cinema, the ...

Reigning Madrid Open champion Iga Swiatek suffered a crushing 6-1, 6-1 semifinal defeat by Coco Gauff on Thursday, with the Pole saying "everything kind of collapsed" in a worrying performance. The ...

Bruno Fernandes struck twice as Manchester United put one foot in the Europa League final with a clinical away performance to beat 10-man Athletic Bilbao 3-0 on Thursday. The fervent home fans were ...

Police in Yamato, Kanagawa Prefecture, have arrested a 31-year-old man on suspicion of engaging in sex with a 14-year-old girl at a hotel last year. According to police, Taiga Horii, an administrative ...

Japan 's imperial palace said Thursday that it has fired an employee for stealing cash totaling 3.6 million yen from Emperor Naruhito and his family over more than a year. The Imperial Household ...

A much-delayed nuclear fusion project involving more than 30 countries is ready to assemble the world's most powerful magnet - a key part of efforts to generate clean energy by smashing atoms together ...

Few countries have seasonal swings quite so dramatic as Japan’s, where midwinter can be mercilessly cold and midsummer brutally hot. Getting from one extreme to the other, means, of course, that Japan ...

Nottingham Forest suffered a huge blow in their push for a return to the Champions League after decades away as Brentford came away from the City Ground with a 2-0 win on Thursday. A third defeat in ...