HIROSHIMA—As Hiroshima marked the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing on Aug. 6, prayers for the dead were shadowed ...

Nintendo’s first quarter profit surged 53.5% as the popularity of its recent Super Mario movie worked with solid demand for ...

Malaysian durian orchard owner Stephen Chow’s workers spend hours in the fields in the dead of night, donning headlamps to ...

MONTERREY, Mexico--Japan marked the 1,000th match in World Cup history with a commanding 4-0 win over Tunisia in Group F on Saturday, as Ayase Ueda scored twice to send the North Africans out. Hajime ...

Japan this week confirmed that two Chinese aircraft carriers have operated together for the first time in the Pacific, ...

Japan’s top finance officials on Aug. 3 issued a stark warning to markets that they “will not hesitate” to conduct further ...

Ikuko Hibino, the first female secretary-general of the Japan Buddhist Federation, says gender doesn’t matter in Buddha’s teachings and that the road to spiritual tranquility is open to everyone.

As Japan and India deepen their defense ties, the Defense Ministry plans to dispatch Air Self-Defense Force F-2 fighter jets ...

Canada said it granted refugee status to two Japanese women last September due to widespread discrimination they faced in Japan as lesbians and members of the weaker sex. Ottawa also cited the lack of ...

BANGKOK—China announced a series of economic measures Wednesday against the United States, including controls on exports of ...

SEOUL—Fans fainting at a baseball park. Lions dying at a zoo. A woman taking shelter in a car found dead. A doctor advising ...

Nineteen people were taken to hospitals after a pungent odor spread at the Ginza Six commercial complex in downtown Tokyo around noon on May 25. An eyewitness said someone sprayed what may have been ...