Scallop aquaculture here is just barely keeping its head above water after being plunged into crisis a year ago when China slapped a blanket ban on Japanese seafood imports.

Tokyo tax authorities have ordered online financial giant SBI Holdings Inc. to pay an estimated 200 million yen ($1.3 million) in taxes on the unreported income of a subsidiary, sources said. SBI BITS ...

Leading machine tool maker DMG Mori Co. has shut down its business operations in Russia, making it the first major Japanese manufacturer to do so following the invasion of Ukraine. The president, ...

BEIJING--Supporters say a Chinese journalist who promoted women’s rights as part of the country’s nascent #MeToo movement has been sentenced to five years in prison on charges of incitement to subvert ...

HANGZHOU, China--Two hurdlers were crowned champions after a photo finish at the Asian Games on Monday while North Korea doubled down in record-breaking style in the weightlifting. A South Korean ...

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike on June 12 announced her candidacy for an election that already features more than 30 people intent on unseating the two-term incumbent. “I will promote ‘Tokyo major reform ...

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has confided to her inner circle that she plans to run for a third term this summer. Koike could make a formal announcement at the start of the Tokyo metropolitan assembly ...

Yuriko Koike was easily re-elected Tokyo governor, garnering a majority of votes from supporters of the ruling coalition parties and proving popular among female and older voters, Asahi Shimbun exit ...

Ozeki Takakeisho clinched his fourth career title with a come-from-behind victory over rank-and-file Atamifuji in a playoff at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Sept. 24. Takakeisho, 27, ...

BERLIN--A feature film adaptation of Kobo Abe’s novel “The Box Man” premiered at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, 27 years after the initial plan. The film was selected for the Berlinale ...

BEIJING--Chinese leaders on Tuesday paid their respects to Song Ping, the longest-lived member of the most powerful decision-making body in the Communist Party, who died last week in Beijing at the ...

Despite wage hikes this spring not seen in decades, Japan’s labor movement is in the doldrums. Union membership is at an all-time low and many younger workers are not even aware if they belong to the ...