Although no new subjects were added to the unified university entrance exams that began on Jan. 17, test takers said they had ...

I am pretty sure that my first assignment upon arrival on the scene on the night of Jan. 17, 1995, was to report on the fires ...

The dreaded springtime clouds of yellow sand carried by westerly winds were observed in Osaka on Jan. 16, a rare occurrence ...

Former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said  on Jan. 17 that he would not run in the Lower House election tentatively scheduled for Feb. 8, but instead will retire from politics.

BEIJING--Breaking with the United States, Canada has agreed to cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric cars in return for ...

A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison Friday in the first verdict from eight ...

The photo area featuring lifesize setups of Studio Ghibli scenes that guests can step into has been revamped for the first time since Ghibli Park opened here in 2022.

East Japan Railway Co. resumed operations on the JR Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines after power outages halted all morning ...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth praised Japan's commitment to boost its defense spending in a meeting with ...

YOKOHAMA--A senior Yokohama official accused Yokohama Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka of power harassment on Jan. 15 and called for ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met with her Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, for the first time in Tokyo on Jan. 16, ...

BANGKOK--The military government of Myanmar, long noted as one of the world’s biggest producers of heroin and methamphetamine ...