Toshio Tono spent decades determined to spread the truth about the horrors committed against U.S. prisoners of war in Japan in the final months of World War II.

NAGOYA—The Olympic Council of Asia is attempting to quell complaints about lodging for athletes and officials at the Asian ...

TAIPEI—Taiwan’s military carried out its first joint combat exercise using multiple types of attack drones this week, in what ...

The primary focus in Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Cabinet reshuffle was the fate of Yoshimasa Hayashi, a veteran lawmaker ...

A former Japanese Red Army faction member involved in a 1970 hijacking of a Japan Airlines jet has reportedly died in North ...

Poplar Publishing Co., a prominent producer of children’s books in Japan, has set up a subsidiary in India in a bid to break ...

YOKOHAMA—Nissan Motor Co. is seeing signs of recovery despite challenges in overseas markets and plans to drive growth ...

Trailblazing singer and actor Akihiro Miwa, who survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki to become a fearless cultural icon, champion for the marginalized and tireless advocate for peace, has died. He ...

HONG KONG--Lionel Messi made another conciliatory gesture to fans in Hong Kong and mainland China on Monday by releasing a video on social media to explain why he didn’t play in an exhibition match ...

UTSUNOMIYA—Police have arrested a Yokohama couple on suspicion of directing four teenagers to perpetrate a home invasion that left a 69-year-old woman dead and her two sons injured. The arrests of ...

Japan’s government on Aug. 7 officially launched a contentious debate on capping its foreign population as a high-level working group convened for the first time to hash out a future immigration ...

FUJI, Shizuoka Prefecture—The nation’s catlike icon of seemingly infinite collaborations has gained another ambassadorial title in celebration of the city‛s 60th anniversary, complete with a new look.