Trump’s “Liberation Day” is here — and Japan’s car industry just got slammed with a 25% tariff on all vehicles and parts imported to the U.S. In this episode of Japan Today Spotlight, we break down: ...

Wisconsin voters elected Susan Crawford to the state Supreme Court on Tuesday, the Associated Press projected, maintaining the court's 4-3 liberal majority in a setback for President Donald Trump and ...

Sydney beachfront properties were flooded and coastal infrastructure damaged after a large swell combined with a king tide to batter the Australian shore, officials said Wednesday. Several homes were ...

Japanese video game giant Nintendo is set to unveil the new version of its hugely popular Switch console on Wednesday, with the update eagerly awaited by both gamers and investors. Everything from the ...

A former Fuji Television Network Inc employee expressed both relief and frustration in a statement Tuesday after a third-party panel report concluded she was sexually assaulted by famed former TV host ...

A body found in a closet in a house in central Japan on Monday was confirmed to be that of a missing 16-year-old high school girl from Tokyo, police said Tuesday. Masaki Eguchi, the 21-year-old ...

An object believed to be a human skull has been found in a vacant house in Tokyo, police said Wednesday. According to police, the owner of the house in Ogikubo, Suginami Ward, called 110 at around ...

Japan's job availability ratio in February fell 0.02 point from the previous month to 1.24, marking the first deterioration in six months, as employers grappled with surging material and utility costs ...

China's military held long-range live-fire drills in the East China Sea on Wednesday in an escalation of ongoing drills around Taiwan, saying it was practicing precision strikes on port and energy ...

Hooters is going bust. The U.S. restaurant chain, known for chicken wings and its skimpy “Hooters Girls” wait-staff outfits, has filed for bankruptcy protection. HOA Restaurant Group filed the motion ...

Business sentiment among large Japanese manufacturers has worsened for the first time in a year, partly because of worries about U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, according to a survey by Japan’s ...

Val Kilmer, the California-born, Juilliard-trained actor who starred in films including "Top Gun," "The Doors," "Tombstone" and "Batman Forever" and earned a reputation as a Hollywood bad boy, has ...