Japanese Embassy officials in Russia gained consular access to a detained reporter from The Hokkaido Shimbun Press and ...

As “special fraud” operations rise sharply across Japan, scammers have started buying bank accounts from foreigners and using these to transfer and receive swindled funds.

NAHA--An underage girl testifying about her alleged abduction and rape by a U.S. airman in Okinawa Prefecture gave a haunting ...

Asian stocks were mostly higher Tuesday after an AI-led rally on Wall Street ahead of major corporate earnings and ...

After a six-month suspension, the government plans to resume accepting foreign workers who prepare meals at welfare facilities and schools under the Specified Skilled Worker program. The government ...

Japan’s first prosecution for refusing a court order to provide smartphone data is raising questions about whether compelling ...

ZHENGZHOU, China―Around 70% of the 2 million carats of lab-grown diamonds produced annually at Feng Canjun’s factory ...

Generational manga artist Tetsuya Chiba, famed for the beloved boxing manga “Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow” ...

The Ground Self-Defense Force on Oct. 25 unveiled its new Type 25 surface-to-ship guided missile that has a range of about ...

Israelis were voting Tuesday in a tense national election widely seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ...

As Japan prepares to devise a new Defense Buildup Program, cost overruns and delayed deliveries raise doubts over whether it ...

Trailblazer Tomoka Nishiyama has decided to take the plunge and challenge the top  professional shogi players in the ...