UCHIKO, Ehime — Representatives from theaters and local governments across Japan took part in a summit devoted to preserving traditional Japanese theaters at the Uchiko community center in Uchiko, ...

US consumer sentiment edged down to near a record low in October as rising prices because of the Middle East conflict soured households’ views of the economy on the doorstep of midterm congressional ...

While no person has ever set foot on Mars, humankind has managed to conduct extensive explorations of the surface of Earth’s planetary neighbor using robotic rovers. One of them, NASA’s six-wheeled ...

A new facility called Elephant Village was completed at Osaka Tennoji Zoo in Tennoji Ward in Osaka in the spring, featuring ideas designed to allow elephants to live like their counterparts in the ...

Gunmen opened fire during a funeral at a church in Jordan on Friday, killing seven people and wounding 40 others, authorities said.

Austria on Friday ordered four Russian diplomats to leave the country after accusing them of espionage, an Austrian official said.

In Germany, the Alternative for Germany party (AfD) is gaining support. What drives Germans to vote for a party often labeled as far-right? Are they rejecting the country’s postwar path and attempting ...

In response to a spate of personal data leaks from cyberattacks, major financial institutions have started working ahead of schedule to end the practice of verifying customer identities online via ...

A group of Humboldt penguins can now be seen strolling around in Halloween costumes at a tourist and leisure facility in Kushima, Miyazaki Prefecture, taking adorable, wobbly strides that captivate ...

Calligrapher Shigeyuki Matsumoto recently produced work expressing hope for world peace and the recovery of disaster-stricken areas at Oitaken Gokoku Jinja shrine in Maki, Oita City.

Japan’s Tokito Oda won gold in the men’s wheelchair tennis singles final against Ji Zhenxu of China 6-2, 6-2 at the Aichi-Nagoya Asia Para Games in Nagoya on Friday afternoon.

Scientific teams working separately in Vienna and Beijing have developed the world’s first two operating nuclear clocks in what they are calling an important advance in timekeeping that promises ...