The most effective measure against shoplifting is a simple greeting from store staff, according to an experiment conducted by ...

Osaka Metro Co. conducted a disaster drill early Saturday at a train station in the major western Japan city it serves to ...

Belarus has freed 123 prisoners including a Nobel Peace Prize winner and a Japanese man who had been sentenced for espionage, ...

Bear attacks on pet dogs have become a regular occurrence in north Japan, with one hunter suggesting the phenomenon is caused ...

Japan's first helpline in Taiwanese and Mandarin recently marked its 35th anniversary -- decades that saw the service take ...

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Archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered one of the most important finds from Anatolia's early Christian era: a fresco of a ...

In the Nov. 9 Kamisu mayoral election in Ibaraki Prefecture, the incumbent and a newcomer received the same number of votes, ...

Australian accident investigators on Thursday released dramatic images of a skydiver's parachute becoming entangled on an ...

China on Saturday warned against any moves to revive past militarism during an event marking the 88th anniversary of the 193 ...

Japanese Olympian Shigeyuki Nakarai outdueled compatriot and defending champion Isshin Hishikawa to win his first breaking ...

Fighting that has flared along the Thai-Cambodian border has sent hundreds of thousands of Thai villagers fleeing from their ...