Leading confectionery maker Lotte Co. purchased a 100-percent stake in Dari K Co., a purveyor of fine chocolate products ...

The Yamanashi prefectural government announced Sept. 14 that it plans to charge fees for rescues by its disaster-prevention helicopters starting in September 2027. The announcement came as Yamanashi ...

NAHA—Genta Koja became the first Okinawa governor elected after expressing unconditional support for plans to relocate the ...

The fate of the sharpest yen rally in 18 months rests on the Bank of Japan breaking free of its cautious rate-hiking path, ...

DUBLIN—President Donald Trump on Sunday played down the need for his administration to check the development of artificial ...

Police investigate man who died in Gifu cake shop fire with 2 others ...

On Sept. 11, 2001, members of international terrorist group al-Qaida hijacked four passenger jets and flew into the World ...

VOX POPULI: Impromptu ‘kakigori’ stall a bright spot amid quake cleanup ...

U.N. General Assembly endorses a new world map that shows more accurately Africa’s size ...

Asian shares were trading mostly lower Tuesday, after artificial-intelligence stocks slid overnight. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 surged in morning trading but lost some of those earlier gains in ...

The search is continuing for at least 129 people missing after a ferry overturned in bad weather in Indonesia ’s Java Sea on ...

BEIJING—Beijing is banning the possession of drones within city limits in new rules announced Sunday that further tighten its ...