People are strange,” sang the Doors – was it really 60 years ago? “People are weird,” they’d be singing today. Maybe not weird, maybe just lonely. It takes all kinds to make a world. Likewise a store, ...

Walk through parks in Japan and you’ll see the usual sights: neatly trimmed lawns, kids on rickety slides, couples sunbathing or an old man scattering crumbs for pigeons — a regular but nostalgic ...

Gavin Newsom is having a moment. In the national struggle over U.S. House control, perhaps no politician has more at stake than the California governor, who has emerged as the leading Democratic ...

Norovirus is the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis outbreaks worldwide. It’s responsible for roughly one in every five cases of gastro annually. Sometimes dubbed the “winter vomiting bug” or the ...

Thousands of Australians joined pro-Palestinian rallies on Sunday, organizers said, amid strained relations between Israel and Australia following the centre-left government's decision to recognize a ...

Two women aged 66 and 78 were found collapsed near a river flowing through Hokkaido's Hidaka mountains on Saturday and were later confirmed dead. Police said they believe the two women may have died ...

Japan and South Korea agreed Saturday to develop bilateral relations steadily and in a "future-oriented" manner based on the "foundation" laid since their ties were normalized six decades ago, as they ...

Clad in an elegant kimono of pale green, tea ceremony instructor Keiko Kaneko uses a tiny wooden spoon to place a speck of matcha into a porcelain bowl. She froths up the special powdered Japanese ...

An inspired Argentina played with greater discipline to upset New Zealand 29-23 in a bruising Rugby Championship test Saturday and record their first ever home win over the All Blacks. The Pumas were ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen the test-firing of two new air defense missiles, state media said Sunday, after Pyongyang accused Seoul of fomenting tensions on the border. The ...

Australia and Japan are arranging to hold security talks in early September in Tokyo to discuss their plan to jointly develop general-purpose frigates, a diplomatic source said Saturday. Australian ...

There’s only so much directing you can do when you send your lead actor, who is holding several bags of goldfish, in water, on a roller coaster with a 35 mm camera strapped to the front. You just have ...