The Japan Meteorological Agency called for vigilance across the Kanto region as the ninth typhoon of the season looked set to pound the Izu island chain south of Tokyo as early as Aug. 1. It warned of ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is calling for the world to bolster the rules-based international order and reform the United Nations in the wake of Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Kansai International Airport celebrated its 30th anniversary on Sept. 4, flying higher than ever, after struggling through a ...

A peek through the music industry’s curtain at the producers who harnessed social media to help their idols go global.

H2O Retailing Corp. is the latest major company among the many in Japan that are disclosing massive data breaches almost ...

YOKOHAMA—Lawyer and political newcomer Atsumi Harasawa won the Oct. 18 Yokohama mayoral election that was called after her ...

SHANGHAI/BEIJING -- Protests against China’s heavy COVID-19 curbs spread to more cities, including in the financial hub Shanghai early on Sunday, nearly three years into the pandemic, with a fresh ...

Senior Defense Ministry and Self-Defense Forces officials are expressing deep concerns that the SDF can keep up with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s push to rapidly expand Japan’s military ...

The age of the commercial quantum computer is a step closer after NTT Inc. and a University of Tokyo spinoff said they aim to bring an optical quantum device to market by fiscal 2030. On Aug. 3, NTT ...

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia--Russia on Tuesday condemned upcoming joint military exercises between Japan, Australia and the United States and said it had formally complained to Tokyo about the deployment of U ...

Asahiro Kuni, who left the imperial register when he was 3 years old, has fond memories of his aunt. When he graduated from Gakushuin Primary School, she gave him a model airplane with an engine, and ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced her second reshuffled Cabinet on Sept. 17 after personally reviewing questionnaires filled by Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers on what posts they desired in ...