This is part of a series on issues surrounding freedom of speech, focusing on ”justice” in society where social media and ...

BEIJING/SYDNEY--China's military test-fired a missile from a nuclear-powered submarine into ‌the Pacific on Monday, state ...

The Japanese government has begun examining ways to dispatch the Self-Defense Forces to the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran is effectively blocking, under Japan’s pacifist Constitution and existing legal ...

Japan hanged a prisoner on Aug. 21, ending the life of Sunao Takami, a 58-year-old man who killed five people when he set ...

Asian shares were mostly higher on Friday following a retreat on Wall Street as a U.S. Treasury Department plan to boost its ...

Four railway workers died on Aug. 20 after being struck by a Spacia X limited express train while clearing vegetation near ...

Thirteen years after being launched amid much fanfare to promote Japanese culture overseas, the Cool Japan Fund Inc. effort ...

TAIPEI—Taiwan ’s government on Thursday proposed a record-high defense budget of 1.12 trillion Taiwan dollars ($35 billion) ...

SEOUL--South Korea’s presidential office condemned ⁠North Korea’s launch of more than 10 short-range ballistic missiles on ...

The Defense Ministry is gunning for its largest budget ever in its initial budget request of about 8.9 trillion yen ($56.1 ...

OSAKA--One of the most famous paintings in the Western canon went on display here on Aug. 21, as “Girl with a Pearl Earring” ...

The relief that swept the bond market just a day earlier disappeared on Thursday as oil prices, worries about ...