BEIJING-- China is moving to approve a sweeping law to promote what it calls “ethnic unity,” a measure that critics say would further erode the rights of some minority groups as authorities cement a ...

SEOUL--North Korean leader ‌Kim Jong Un visited a munitions ⁠factory on ⁠Wednesday, state media KCNA reported, releasing photographs that showed ⁠him touring the facility with his teenage daughter and ...

Nearly 40 percent of households that remain in evacuation from the Fukushima nuclear accident say their lives have not recovered since the disaster struck 15 years ago, an Asahi Shimbun survey showed.

A widening war in Iran has halted oil tankers, made targets of refineries and spooked investors worried about the cascading impact of spiking energy prices.

BRUSSELS/PARIS--G7 energy ministers stopped short of agreeing ‌on a release of strategic oil reserves on Tuesday and ⁠instead ...

Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi plans to visit the Philippines and Indonesia in early May, where he is expected to discuss ...

Chinese government agencies and state-owned enterprises ‌have warned staff in recent days against installing artificial ⁠intelligence agent OpenClaw on ⁠office devices for security reasons, according ...

OSAKA—Passers-by near JR Osaka Station and Hankyu Osaka-Umeda Station had a bizarre start to the day when they were met with the sight of roughly 10 meters of a massive underground pipe sticking out ...

SAITAMA—A teenager died and two other young patients suffered serious complications following a suspected drug mix-up during leukemia treatment, the Saitama Prefectural Children’s Medical Center said ...

I have “mugi miso” (barley miso paste) and “genmai miso” (brown rice miso paste) now fermenting in the storage room of my home.

China’s domestic passenger car sales fell 34.2% in February from a year earlier, an industry association said Wednesday, reflecting weakening demand as some trade-in subsidies are phased out.

Japan will release part of its petroleum reserves as early as March 16 in response to soaring crude oil prices driven by escalating tensions in the Middle East without waiting for an internationally ...