SoftBank Group Corp Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son said Wednesday the company is developing "the world's first" artificial intelligence agent system that can autonomously perform complex tasks.

The number of visitors to the World Exposition in Osaka has topped 10 million, reaching the milestone at the halfway point of the six-month event, the Japanese expo association said Sunday. The expo ...

The body of a 73-year-old man was found in his house in Kawachi town, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Saturday. Police said he had been stabbed to death.

Police in Tokyo have arrested a 44-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of stealing cash from a shrine offering box in Shibuya Ward.

Tokito Oda of Japan won his second Wimbledon title by beating his biggest rival and defending champion Alfie Hewett of Britain 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 Sunday in the men's wheelchair singles final. Oda and ...

The latest version of Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok is echoing the views of its billionaire creator, so much so that it will sometimes search online for Musk's stance on an issue ...

Police in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, have arrested a 78-year-old man on suspicion of killing a 68-year-old woman who lived with him at their apartment.

The Japanese government wants to send its chief tariff negotiator to the United States for an eighth round of ministerial-level talks early next week, a source close to the matter said Thursday. Tokyo ...

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A woman in her 20s was assaulted and robbed while walking home in Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture, on Saturday. According to police, the incident occurred at around 12:15 a.m., NTV reported. Police said ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a 30% tariff on imports from Mexico and the European Union starting on August 1, after weeks of negotiations with the major U.S. trading ...

Willy Adames homered in the second inning and hit a two-run triple in San Francisco's five-run fifth and the Giants sent the rival Los Angeles Dodgers to their seventh straight loss with an 8-7 ...