The Japan Tourism Agency has released a revised basic plan to more than double the number of regions tackling overtourism to 100, while maintaining ambitious goals for boosting inbound visitor numbers ...

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

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

TAIPEI--A U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft transited the Taiwan Strait in ‌international airspace on Wednesday, in ⁠a move ...

A special high school entrance exam in Osaka for students from overseas was overwhelmed this spring after the number of applicants doubled, leaving more than 100 students without a slot.

JAKARTA--A massive avalanche of garbage at Indonesia’s largest landfill killed seven people after heavy overnight rain ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fifteen years after the 2011 nuclear disaster, color-coded radiation maps hang on the wall of Futabaya Ryokan, the family-run ...

The Japan Federation of Bar Associations urged Resona Bank to stop requiring “special permanent residents,” who are primarily ethnic Koreans, to present certificates for their status when opening an ...

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.