Police in Ikuno, Osaka Prefecture, said a man in his 30s who had been in custody died of an illness in hospital on Wednesday. According to police, the man was being held in the police station's ...

The mother of a 24-year-old woman who committed suicide due to overwork on Dec 25, 2015, appealed to the public not to let the issue of karoshi (death due to overwork) be forgotten. Speaking at a news ...

The government agency overseeing child policies on Thursday announced a new certification mark for entities taking part in a "Japanese DBS" program to check the sexual offense histories of people ...

US President Donald Trump seized on the occasion of Christmas Eve to assail opposition Democrats, branding them "radical left scum" as he sent out holiday greetings. From his Mar-a-Lago estate in ...

Christmas celebrations were held at Sydney's famed Bondi beach on Thursday in the aftermath of a terror ‌attack that killed 15 people there more than a week ago, as the community continued to grapple ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited a nuclear submarine factory and received a message from Russia's Vladimir Putin hailing the countries' "invincible friendship", Pyongyang's state media said ...

The U.S. Justice Department has found more than a million more documents ‌potentially tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, delaying a full release for weeks while officials redact ⁠details ...

Nasry Asfura, the conservative candidate for Honduran president backed by U.S. President Donald Trump, was declared the winner on Wednesday more than three weeks after the November 30 election, which ...

"For every one Japanese, there have been 1.72 foreigners." This shocking statement, made on the floor of the Diet by the member of one of the opposition parties, would appear to claim that the crime ...

Trade minister Ryosei Akazawa will be in hospital through Jan 5 to undergo surgery, describing it as "a minor operation for the sake of health management." Akazawa served as Japan's chief negotiator ...

Police in Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture, have arrested a 52-year-old man on suspicion of assaulting his 11-year-old son by grabbing him by the hair and pulling him down, then pulling his ear, ...

A 40-year-old female nursery school teacher has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a 4-year-old girl at a certified child care center in Hakodate City, Hokkaido. Police said the woman has ...