Japan will bid to host the Rugby World Cup again in 2035, more than 15 years after becoming the first Asian country to stage the event. Japan Rugby Football Union president Masato Tsuchida said an ...

Japan's main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Komeito, formerly a longtime ruling coalition partner, agreed on Thursday to form a new party ahead of a looming snap general ...

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to dissolve the Diet's lower house next week, triggering a national election to decide all 465 seats in her first major election test ‌since taking office ...

The collapse of a highway construction crane killed two people near Bangkok on Thursday, with a Thai minister saying the building firm was also involved in a crane failure the day before that left 32 ...

Relatives of victims of a fatal bus crash on Thursday marked the 10th anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of 13 passengers and two drivers in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Jan 15, ...

Tougher hate speech and gun control laws proposed by Australia's center-left Labor government in the aftermath of the Bondi Beach mass ‌shooting were criticized by conservative opposition parties on ...

There's a new player in Japan's kaiten sushi stakes. Sushi Matsu is a division of the Matsuya group, which also operates shops that specialize in gyudon (bowl of beef over rice) and tonkatsu (breaded ...

FIFA said Wednesday it has received more than 500 million ticket requests for this year's World Cup. Soccer's organizing body said outside the host United States, Mexico and Canada, the most requests ...

The European Union will dedicate most of a massive new loan program to Ukraine’s military needs over the next two years while also injecting billions into its war-ravaged economy, European Commission ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would cut off federal funding next month for any state that includes sanctuary cities, expanding his attacks on mostly Democratic-run cities following ...

A new year might mean new viral threats. Old viruses are constantly evolving. A warming and increasingly populated planet puts humans in contact with more and different viruses. And increased mobility ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi intends to dissolve the lower house of the Diet for a snap election soon after a parliamentary session begins next week, her ruling party and a coalition partner said ...