TOKYO: Japanese rescuers completed building a slope on Saturday (Feb 1) to reach a truck driver stuck in a sinkhole, officials said, four days after his vehicle was swallowed by the cavity now 40m ...

The unnamed 74-year-old male driver plummeted into the hole when the ground suddenly collapsed at an intersection in Yashio City, northeast of Tokyo on Tuesday morning.

At the Asakusa View Hotel on October 24, 2004, a gang member shot four yakuza from a rival syndicate — two fatally — after a discussion intensified. At the time of the incident, about members of the ...

In Japan, there is a little-known network of "white post" pornography drop boxes that were installed on streets decades ago to protect young people from exposure to explicit material not intended for ...

A Tokyo-based venture firm plans to build a space debris monitoring facility in the Kiyasato area, known as a summer resort in Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture.

Craft beers from small breweries in Japan are not just unique in taste but also have playful and interesting labels that catch the eye.

Japanese rescuers completed building a slope on Saturday to reach a truck driver stuck in a sinkhole, officials said, four ...

At least three people have been killed in a fire that broke out in a retirement home near Paris on Saturday, according to the ...

The shortest month of the year saw the birth of several well-known anime characters, heroes and villains alike.