All four giant pandas on loan to a western Japan zoo will return to China around late June, ahead of the expiration of their lease agreement, the zoo operator said. The 24-year-old Rauhin and her ...

Duty-free sales at department stores across Japan dropped 10.7 percent in March from a year earlier to 44.2 billion yen due to a stronger yen and falling consumer confidence on concerns over a global ...

When Billy Idol first entered American consciousness in the early '80s, leather-clad and bleached hair in tow, he not only brought a punk rock sound to the mainstream. The Englishman brought a new ...

The evening news brought the Vietnam War into American living rooms, but once the news was over, so was the war. Prime-time shows brought nary a mention of it as networks looked to bring ...

Authorities released more videos Friday related to their investigation of the deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, including images of agents returning to the couple's Santa Fe ...

President Xi Jinping said China must "overcome" the challenges of developing core AI technologies including high-end chips, state media reported Saturday, as Beijing seeks to become a world leader in ...

The Matsuyama Family Court in Ehime Prefecture has decided to send a 16-year-old boy who was arrested on suspicion of stabbing a 16-year-old male classmate at St Catherine Gakuen High School, to a ...

A South Korean court has ordered the Japanese government to pay compensation to the son of a former "comfort woman" over her treatment in military brothels during World War II. The Cheongju District ...

Some 35 percent of local government officials in Japan have faced overbearing or abusive behavior from members of the public, a government survey showed Friday, more than three times higher than found ...

For centuries, women entering marriage in Japan have been bound by the Confucian notion of personal sacrifice for the good of the family – and that has extended to their names. Encouraged by a sexual ...

Crystal Palace is getting another shot at winning the FA Cup — and won't have to meet Manchester United in the final this time. Palace beat Aston Villa 3-0 at Wembley Stadium on Saturday to advance to ...

Celtic tied fierce Glasgow rival Rangers on a record 55 Scottish top-flight titles by clinching the trophy on Saturday with four games to spare. A 5-0 win at Dundee United in the Scottish Premiership ...