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

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

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

PARIS—France’s government pledged Monday to replace its national online university admissions platform by 2028, seeking to ...

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

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

CAIRO—High-level delegations from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey were in Tehran on Monday for meetings with Iranian ...

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

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

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

KAWAGOE, Saitama Prefecture—The mayor here ordered a halt to all services at an illegally built mosque and condemned its “brazen” opening ceremony that was attended by the Pakistani ambassador. In a ...