Japan’s Nikkei share average edged lower on Thursday, pulled down by a selloff in chip-related shares after Dutch chip-making ...

Thailand’s pygmy hippo Moo Deng marked her first birthday on July 10, leaving behind the animal infancy which boosted her to ...

The weather system moving across the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday was showing a greater chance of becoming a tropical ...

Toilet maker TOTO Ltd. will begin selling on Aug. 1 a toilet equipped with a sensor that measures the color, hardness and ...

The Aichi prefectural board of education fired a male teacher at a junior high school on Wednesday on disciplinary grounds ...

A volcanic eruption in southwestern Iceland has once again forced the evacuation of local residents and the internationally ...

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and ...

Small mats of human hair line the base of plants, helping lock in moisture for crops in orchards around Chile that have been struggling with drought for years.

The Environment Ministry announced on Tuesday that Lake Inawashiro, an important wintering ground for tundra swans in ...

The Japan Institute for Health Security has announced that the preliminary cumulative number of whooping cough cases this ...

A 28-year-old man was arrested Monday on suspicion of obstructing business by deception for repeatedly making false ...

A hunter believed to have been attacked by a bear was reported missing in Hakodate, Hokkaido, on Tuesday, according to the ...