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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...