Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te arrived on an official visit to the Marshall Islands on Tuesday, which he said was the first country he had visited since taking office in May, as part of a Pacific ...

Ozeki Takakeisho clinched his fourth career title with a come-from-behind victory over rank-and-file Atamifuji in a playoff at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Sept. 24. Takakeisho, 27, ...

Sanseito submitted a bill to the Upper House on Oct. 27 for legal amendments to criminally punish acts of desecrating or damaging the Japanese flag with the intent to insult the country. The party ...

Only days after saying it was business as usual in Russia, Fast Retailing Co. announced on March 10 that it will temporarily suspend operations at all its 50 Uniqlo outlets in the country. The company ...

The Japan Tourism Agency will subsidize 139 travel packages that offer foreign tourists “special experiences,” including pulling floats in Kyoto’s Gion Festival and being the lord of an entire castle.

OSAKA--The Osaka High Court on Nov. 28 overturned a lower court ruling and acquitted a man who was convicted of fatally assaulting his 2-year-old daughter and sentenced to 12 years in prison. Takahiro ...

The Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, Komeito, plan to include the cash handouts in the government’s economic measures as well as in their common campaign pledges for the ...

Thousands of sick, exhausted and terrified young men and women, from countries all over the world squat in rows, packed shoulder to shoulder, surgical masks covering their mouths and eyes.

JAKARTA--Centuries-old stone Buddha statues and precious jewelries repatriated by the Dutch government to its former colony are on display at Indonesia’s National Museum, providing a glimpse into the ...

WASHINGTON--e U.S. government put investment and export restrictions on dozens of Chinese companies on Thursday, including top drone maker DJI, accusing them of complicity in the oppression of China’s ...

The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan will call for a one-year consumption tax exemption on food during the Upper House election campaign this summer.

Toyota Motor Corp. cut its annual production target on Friday by 300,000 vehicles as a slowdown in output at COVID-19 hit parts factories in Vietnam and Malaysia added to the pain of a global shortage ...