Two soccer players based in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, are juggling league matches and practice with work at apple orchards.

The Second Petty Bench of the Supreme Court on Friday ordered a website operator pay about ¥169 million to a publisher of music scores in a lawsuit filed by the publisher alleging it suffered damages ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is stepping up efforts to send senior officials across the country ahead of nationwide local elections next spring.

The government of Panama declared a state of emergency Saturday as the aftershocks of two powerful earthquakes that roiled the country shook communities for hours. Officials did not attribute any ...

The World Health Organization said Saturday it still doesn’t know what caused the death of a young worker at a lab in Russia that focuses on plague and other illnesses.

Indian authorities deployed a sweeping security crackdown across New Delhi and detained thousands of protesters Saturday as India’s youth “Cockroach” movement sought to intensify a nationwide campaign ...

President Mahmoud Abbas postponed what would have been the first Palestinian elections in nearly 20 years, issuing a decree on Friday to further delay voting for the Palestinian Legislative Council ...

Pope Leo XIV on Saturday declared capital punishment ”inadmissible” as he marked the World Day Against the Death Penalty and his native United States announced plans to livestream an execution by ...

Christa Pike, who survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her by lethal injection, has been moved back to prison, her attorneys said Saturday.

As the bountiful autumn season begins, culinary expert Koh Kentetsu shares his recipe for Korean-style sukiyaki, a hot pot dish that allows you to enjoy plenty of mushrooms, a beloved autumn delicacy.

Old & New video By Ryuzo Suzuki / Yomiuri Shimbun Senior PhotographerAt Tsukuru Fes, an employee of Noridomi Iron Works Co. instructs attendees during a welding experience at the company in Yanagawa, ...

A woman wounded three people inside an educational institution in Poland’s capital, Warsaw, on Saturday, police say, in the third attack at a school in less than a week.