January 1970

U.S. President Donald Trump praised a Republican congressman for body-slamming a reporter last year, calling him a “tough cookie” and saying he thinks it might have helped him win election in Montana.At…

About 60 percent of smartphone users in Japan think service fees are expensive, a survey by the Nomura Research Institute showed Friday.Some 30 percent of respondents expressed strong discontent about their smartphone…

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks catcher Hiroaki Takaya gathered his teammates in a huddle around him near the visitors’ dugout and delivered a message intended to pump them up before facing the Seibu Lions.“We…

South Korean progressives accused the government of caving in to xenophobic sentiment by rejecting a plea for refugee status by hundreds of asylum seekers from war-ravaged Yemen whose arrival on a resort…

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Japan’s sanctions on Russia are undermining confidence between the two countries.Speaking at a forum in the southern Russian city of Sochi, Putin said he does…

Malaysia’s former deputy prime minister was charged Friday with abuse of power, corruption and money laundering involving millions of dollars in another graft investigation against leaders ousted in shock election results earlier…

Japan is seeing an increase in the number of deaths related to mushroom picking, after extreme summer heat and heavy rain produced a rich crop of the seasonal delicacy this year.Many mushroom…