A Japanese hospital said Monday it has performed a living kidney transplant between a same-sex couple, a procedure typically ...

A dentist and a nurse were referred to prosecutors on Sept. 30 for allegedly causing the death of a patient by forcibly ...

Teruki Yoshino kept the Hanshin Tigers hitless through six innings to pace the DeNA BayStars to a 2-0 win in the only Ce ...

Japan's incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, said Monday that a general election will be held on Oct. 27 to seek a fresh ...

Britain's last coal-fired power plant will close on Monday, ending 142 years of coal-generated electricity in the nation that ...

The first apparent Israeli airstrike on central Beirut in nearly a year of conflict leveled an apartment building early ...

Japan's new ruling party leader Shigeru Ishiba selected seasoned lawmakers for its executive posts on Monday, following a ...

An accountant of a major ruling Liberal Democratic Party faction previously led by the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ...

Prosecutors said Monday they have decided not to indict an Iranian man over his alleged involvement in the robbery of about ...

The Nikkei stock index plunged nearly 5 percent on Monday, marking its third-biggest point loss of the year, as exporters ...

Fifty-two percent of respondents to a weekend Mainichi Shimbun poll said that they expect Shigeru Ishiba, the newly elected ...

Online media connected with the Beijing Daily newspaper have published an interview with a Chinese former staffer of Japan's ...