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LOS ANGELES -- US gymnastics superstar Simone Biles returned to competition with a bang Saturday, completing an historic vault to launch her...

TOKYO - Japan's economy contracted 1.3 percent in the three months to March after the government reimposed virus restrictions in major c...

TOKYO – Tokyo 2020 organizers on Monday rolled out the motto for this year's Olympics, "United by Emotion", which they sai...

TOKYO -- In the dark months after a catastrophic tsunami smashed into Japan, killing almost 19,000 people and sparking a nuclear disaster...

TOKYO - Police in Tokyo on Sunday conducted simultaneous raids on 17 establishments in Tokyo for using high school girls to perform “relaxat...

TOKYO -- At least nine people died after a major Japanese road tunnel collapsed at the weekend, trapping vehicles and sparking a blaze, m...

SYDNEY/TOKYO — Apple Inc’s iPhone 5 hit stores around the globe on Friday, giving the consumer giant a boost ahead of the crucial end-of-...

TOKYO — Tokyo shares closed 0.78% lower on Tuesday following losses on Wall Street stoked by political and economic uncertainty in Europe a...

TOKYO — A regional bank in central Japan will become the country’s first financial institution to adopt automated teller machines that wil...

MOSCOW — The International Olympic Committee could give a huge boost to the healing process in Japan after the trauma of last year’s tsuna...

TOKYO — A typhoon-strength storm brought travel chaos to Japan on Tuesday, as violent winds and rain killed at least two people and left ten...

TOKYO — Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said Friday he is staking his political career on doubling the consumption tax to 10% as the cabine...

TOKYO — Foreign shareholders in Japan’s scandal-hit Olympus have called for a rethink of new board appointments, saying creditor banks hav...