Only one in five boys in high school in Japan have experienced their first kiss - the lowest figure since 1974, according to a survey conducted by the Japan Association for Sex Education (JASE ...

By party, more than 80 percent of LDP and Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) members selected “need to amend.” Among party leaders, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who is the LDP president ...

A poorly maintained and overcrowded bus veered off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in northern India on Monday, killing at least 36 people and injuring several others, officials said. The ...

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries posted quarterly net income that fell short of analysts’ projections due to a drop in defense orders, even as revenue continues to climb for its core businesses.

NEW YORK--The yen dropped to multi-year lows against the U.S. dollar and euro on Tuesday, keeping investors on heightened Japanese intervention watch ahead of this week’s Bank of Japan policy ...

A leading Slovak mountain climber has died while descending a 7,234m (23,730ft) peak in Nepal, after completing the rare feat of scaling the mountain's perilous eastern face. Ondrej Huserka fell ...

Gifu police arrested a 25-year-old police officer on Thursday for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a child under the age of 16. The suspect, Haruki Takeyama from the city of Kakamigahara ...

Gifu Prefectural Police have arrested a 25-year-old police officer on suspicion of having sex with a 16-year-old girl and filming the act in a hotel last year. Police said Haruki Takeyama, a police ...

Canada's Brad Gushue fell 8-4 to Japan's Shinya Abe in the men's semifinals at the Pan Continental curling championship on Thursday night. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck LACOMBE, Alta.

Canada's Brad Gushue fell 8-4 to Japan's Shinya Abe in the men's semifinals at the Pan Continental curling championship on Thursday night. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck LACOMBE, Alta. — Canada's Brad ...

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Nikkei share average closed more than 2% lower on Friday, tracking Wall Street’s weak finish overnight and pressured by a stronger yen. The Nikkei .N225 fell 2.63% to ...