The government does not recognize bitcoin as a currency but income from bitcoin trading is taxable, the government said Friday. The view was adopted at a Cabinet meeting held to answer Diet questio...

WASHINGTON (AP)—Bowing to the Pentagon, the Senate agreed after impassioned debate Thursday to leave the authority to prosecute rapes and other serious crimes with U.S. military commanders in a str...

Nearly three-quarters of the public supports the recent shift in government policy away from encouraging people, now under evacuation instructions from radiation-affected areas in Fukushima Prefectur...

HAVANA (AP)—Cuba’s foreign minister on Thursday formally accepted a European Union invitation to begin talks on improving ties, and expressed concern over upheaval in key ally Venezuela and in Uk...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Barack Obama reaffirmed their cooperation Friday in international efforts to respond to rising tensions in Ukraine. In 40-minute phone talks, Obama expl...

The dollar rose above ¥102.50 in Tokyo trading Friday on the back of expectations for U.S. economic recovery, but a wait-and-see mood grew in the afternoon before the release of closely watched U.S....

TRONDHEIM, Norway—Olympic silver medalist Akito Watabe, hampered by a sudden gust that left him far behind in the ski jump, finished in 22nd place in a World Cup Nordic combined meet here Thursday. ...

KREISCHBERG, Austria (AP)— Mans Hedberg of Sweden and Sarka Pancochova of Czech Republic won the season’s final World Cup snowboard slopestyle events on Thursday to take the overall titles. Hed...

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP)—The Arizona Cardinals have hired two-time Olympic gold medalist Roger Kingdom as assistant strength and conditioning coach. Kingdom won the 110-meter hurdles at the 1984 Los Ang...

Stocks gained further ground on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Friday, lifted by purchases on the back of the yen’s weakening against the dollar and other major currencies. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock...

CONROE, Texas (AP)—A Texas man accused of dousing a boy with gasoline and setting him on fire when he was a teenager can be tried as an adult for murder after the victim died from his burns nearly ...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP)—Jhonas Enroth stole the spotlight from Tampa Bay star Steven Stamkos. Enroth made 43 saves to spoil the return of Stamkos and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Lightning 3-1 on Thursda...

NEW YORK (AP)—Investors were looking for any reason to look past the cold weather that has hampered the U.S. economy in the last few weeks, and they found it. Stocks mostly rose Thursday, lifted ...

NANJO, Okinawa—South Korea’s Lee Bo Mee shot a bogeyless 5-under 67 to take a two-shot lead after the first round Friday of the Japan LPGA tour’s season-opening Daikin Orchid Ladies at the Ryuk...