A favorite seasonal food has once again turned deadly in Japan. Traditional mochi rice cakes are eaten around New Year's, and ...

The world’s oldest person, Tomiko Itooka, died the night of Dec. 29. She died from natural causes and lived to be 116 years ...

Choking on mochi is so common that authorities offer tips every year on how to help someone who has the food lodged in their throat.

In November, around 2,500 chickens were culled after an outbreak of the virus was reported on a farm in Gyoda city’s Saitama ...

Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Tomiko Itooka, the woman recognized as the world's oldest living person, has died in Japan at the age of 116. Itooka's death in late December was confirmed by Britain's Guinness World ...

It’s often said that the safest place to sit in a plane is at the back — and the only survivors of the recent Azerbaijan ...

The list of people with Lehigh Valley ties who died in 2024 include World War II fighters; entertainers like the Amazing ...

Japanese policymakers are increasingly anxious that the country's birth rate is nearing the point of no return.

The annual inflation rate in Japan climbed to 2.9% in November 2024 from 2.3% in the prior month, marking the highest reading since October 2023. The core inflation rate rose to a 3-month high of ...

In 2019, two people including a schoolgirl were stabbed to death and more than a dozen wounded in Japan's Kawasaki in a rampage by an attacker who targeted children waiting for a bus.

TOKYO, - Japan's Nikkei share average pared early declines on Thursday as the yen weakened following the Bank of Japan's decision to refrain from raising interest rates. The yen fell despite ...