Look up “yohai” in Kojien, one of Japan’s best-known and most authoritative dictionaries, and it defines the word as meaning ...

DUBAI/CAIRO/GARDEN CITY, New York--Iran called on the U.S. to accept defeat on ‌Saturday, while President Donald Trump ...

A new streamlined court process in Japan is helping victims of online defamation identify anonymous posters and has triggered ...

WASHINGTON--President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon on Sunday to scale back planned joint military exercises with South ...

A major earthquake that registered a maximum seismic intensity of 7 rocked Kumamoto Prefecture at 4:27 p.m. on July 28, causing casualties, damaging or destroying infrastructure and disrupting ...

Domestic cultivation of fresh salmon and trout, species that are mainly imported to Japan, is rapidly increasing, ...

WASHINGTON—Donald Trump’s war against Iran is stretching the limits of U.S. aircraft carriers and leaving the western Pacific without one of the key American warships as China shows more signs of ...

SEOU--South Korean President Lee Jae Myung called on Saturday for talks with ‌North Korea to pursue peaceful coexistence, ⁠saying Seoul would ⁠seek safeguards to prevent conflict and noting the need ⁠ ...

The Finance Ministry is considering issuing commemorative coins featuring characters from manga and other Japanese content for the first time, but would need legal changes to make it possible. Under ...

Six people have died and one is missing after record-breaking rainfall triggered the highest-level emergency warnings and ...

Japan has selected Noetra Corp., a new company backed by multiple firms, for a “physical artificial intelligence” project that will receive 1 trillion yen ($6.2 billion) in government support over ...

A Pokemon nonprofit association official is hoping that the globally popular franchise will help attract sightseers and keep ...