Asian shares rose moderately Thursday after a lackluster finish on Wall Street, with most shares ticking higher after the Federal Reserve left its main interest rate unchanged, as was widely expected.

Two men have been arrested after breaking into a suburban Tokyo elementary school on Thursday, causing minor injuries to five teachers and appearing to have smashed a window, investigative sources ...

Two people were injured Wednesday after being attacked by a man wielding a knife at a subway station near the University of Tokyo, police said. A 43-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion ...

A degree from a prestigious university no longer carries with it the assurance of high wages and job security. With certain exceptions such as careers in the financial sector or at major trading firms ...

Japanese auto giant Toyota on Thursday forecast a 35 percent year-on-year drop in net profit for 2025-26 citing Donald Trump's vehicle tariffs among other factors. Carmakers have been among the ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping flew into Moscow on Wednesday for talks with President Vladimir Putin and a pomp-filled visit that Kyiv has made clear it opposes after Ukrainian drones targeted Moscow ...

Federal officials on Wednesday released images of a doomed New York City sightseeing helicopter as it broke apart in midair last month, killing six people. The series of still photographs taken from ...

Two men died after a small boat capsized off Yamaguchi Prefecture in western Japan on Wednesday, a local coast guard office said Thursday. The men are believed to have gone fishing on a boat from ...

Ange Postecoglou has slammed Arsene Wenger's "crazy" claim that Tottenham shouldn't be allowed to qualify for the Champions League if they win the Europa League. Postecoglou's troubled side can seal a ...

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to announce a trade deal between the United States and Britain on Thursday, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing three people familiar with the ...

China on Wednesday eased key monetary policy tools in a bid to boost its ailing economy as it struggles with the effects of weak consumption and Donald Trump's trade war. The country's leaders are ...

Police in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, have arrested an 80-year-old woman on suspicion of attempting to kill her ex-husband by stabbing him. Police said they received a call from Yoshiko Ito at around 4 p ...