Elementary and junior high school teachers in Japan still work the longest hours among their peers worldwide, according to an OECD report released on Tuesday. While the 2024 results by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development showed working hours had fallen by around four hours per week compared with the previous survey in 2018, Japan’s teachers still far exceeded their global counterparts. (News On Japan)

A bear entered a supermarket in Numata City, Gunma Prefecture on Tuesday night, attacking two male customers before escaping to the south. (News On Japan)

Two police officers from the Hyogo Prefectural Police have been arrested for possessing marijuana, admitting they kept it for personal use. (News On Japan)

One passenger was trapped under the aircraft and had to be rescued with the help of passing drivers who lifted the wreckage.

Nerves were raw in a hearing that covered much ground, and saw Trump's attorney general go on the attack.

"The horror of that dark day will be forever seared in the memories of us all," UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said.

Hundreds of hikers have been guided to safety in Tibet after becoming trapped over the weekend by heavy snowfall.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz says "we fear for the life" of Iris Stalzer, a newly-elected mayor in the western town of Herdecke.

Two years after the 7 October attacks, dozens of hostages remain in Hamas captivity. BBC Verify has been examining what we know about them.

Doris Grünwald and Jessica Baumgartner, born in Graz in 1990, were accidentally given to the parents of the other family.

After eight years in office, Emmanuel Macron's position as president is coming under increasing pressure as France's political crisis escalates.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz says "we fear for the life" of Iris Stalzer, a newly-elected mayor of the western town of Herdecke.

Results from the first parliamentary elections since the fall of Bashar al-Assad show only 13% of seats were won by female and minority candidates.

Results from the first parliamentary elections since the fall of Bashar al-Assad show only 13% of seats were won by female and minority candidates.

Footage filmed near the Harumi Flag Apartments in Tokyo shows groups of motorcycles revving their engines loudly into the night at a nearby intersection, disrupting the peace of families living in the new residential complex built on the former site of the Tokyo Olympic Athletes’ Village. (News On Japan)

Police have arrested a 43-year-old former employee of Tsuda College in Kodaira, western Tokyo, on suspicion of property damage after he allegedly took a female student’s shorts from a locker and defiled them with bodily fluid. (News On Japan)

Amid growing expectations for Liberal Democratic Party leader Sanae Takaiichi’s economic policies, stock and bond markets have seen significant movements. The question now is how her inflation-relief measures will shape people’s daily lives once implemented. (News On Japan)

The Canadian government blocked Marineland's attempt to export the animals to a park in China.

The Canadian government blocked Marineland's attempt to export the animals to a park in China.

Authorities are investigating the source of the tainted drinks, which have affected more than 200 people.