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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A federal appeals court has ordered President Donald Trump's administration to transfer a Turkish student at Tufts University to Vermont for a bail hearing from Louisiana, where she is being detained ...

Police arrested dozens of Columbia University students who seized part of the school's main library on Wednesday in one of the biggest pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus since last year's wave ...

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 ...

North Korea fired what appeared to be multiple short-range missiles off its east coast, South Korea's military said on Thursday. The projectiles were launched from Wonsan, North Korea's eastern ...

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 ...