Apartment residents at a complex on South Bartell Street say that they witnessed an early morning fire on the property where four were rescued and one was able to escape on their own. The cause of the ...

Clyne Gardens, in the Mayals/Blackpill area of Swansea, has been open to the public for 70 years and boasts a vast array of plants, trees and flowers including Britain's tallest magnolia ...

TOKYO -- A growing number of elderly people in Japan are encountering an unexpected barrier to living on their own, even if they can afford it. An 88-year-old Tokyo man started to look for a new ...

The Yomiuri Shimbun featured Hiroko Osaki, a tech-savvy elderly woman who lived alone in Nerima Ward, Tokyo. When Osaki died ...

Harry Chandler, a Navy medic who helped pull injured sailors from the oily waters of Pearl Harbor after the 1941 Japanese attack on the naval base, has died. He was 103. Chandler ...

A plot of land in Milford has been sold for $9.1 million to a California-based residential developer, as the firm plans on ...

There was no tip jar or prompt to tip on the credit card screen, as tipping isn’t part of the culture in Japan. I thought ...

A man died after he was found collapsed outside an apartment building in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, on Thursday night. Police said the man, who was in his late 20s or early 30s, had been stabbed, ...

Japanese automakers Nissan and Honda are expected to announce plans on a merger that would catapult them to a top position in an industry in the midst of tectonic shifts as it transitions away from ...

Often used as a quip to tell someone to go outside or enjoy nature, “touch grass” is a cri de cœur to spend less time on ...

Hideko had been fighting for her brother's retrial ever since he was convicted of quadruple murder in 1968. In September 2024 ...

Photographer Paul Tulett has toured Japan to publish a book documenting the country's vast collection of concrete edifices.