The ancient capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara in Nara Prefecture were added to the UNESCO World Heritage list on July 26 at the ...

BANGKOK—Shares were mostly higher Monday in Asia as oil prices slipped more than 4% after the U.S. and Iran refrained from ...

The first Diet session for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi after her landslide win in the Lower House election ended after ...

NAGASAKI—As more nations seek to go nuclear, participants discussed possible routes toward abolishing these weapons at The ...

After spending more than five years in Hong Kong’s prison, former pro-democracy lawmaker Wu Chi-wai finally got to embrace ...

SINGAPORE/BEIJING--Shein swung to a $99 million quarterly loss due to slowing sales after the ‌U.S. removed an import duty ...

Japanese best-selling mystery writer Keigo Higashino, whose translated works have been shortlisted for literary awards overseas, has died. He was 68.

NAGOYA--Hobbled sekiwake Aonishiki overcame a toe injury and rebounded from a defeat on the final day to make history by winning his third Emperor’s Cup here on July 26.

Experts are warning to take precautions amid an increasing number of fires linked to the usage and storage of ...

Did the foreign ministers of China and Japan talk at last week’s ASEAN regional meeting, or didn’t they? Japan’s Toshimitsu Motegi told reporters last week that h ...

WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is preparing to ramp up funding by hundreds of millions of dollars for programs designed to counter China’s growing influence around the world, after it had put a ...