The S&P 500 climbed 0.5% to surpass its record set early last month after coming close the day before. It was the seventh gain in eight days for the main measure of Wall Street's health. The Dow Jones ...

A man stabbed three people at a train station in central Japan before fleeing the scene, leaving one person dead, local media reported.

One of Japan’s biggest boy band stars and best-known television hosts announced his retirement after being accused of sexual misconduct, Japanese media reported.