ISHIGAKI--A large and powerful typhoon approached a remote chain of islands in Japan's southwest on Friday, prompting ...

KUMAMOTO--A Taiwanese man who runs a real estate investment business in Japan was dealing with an influx of inquiries from ...

SINGAPORE—The yen bounced on Friday on news that Japan plans to encourage ‌pension funds to increase their holdings of ...

With the Major League Baseball draft just days away, Japanese slugger Rintaro Sasaki faces a career decision that has ...

The ruling coalition agreed to shelve a bill on reducing the number of Lower House seats in an attempt to ensure passage of ...

MOSCOW—Russia introduced a ban on diesel exports on Wednesday as part of a raft of ‌measures to support the domestic fuel ...

The research data went into constructing a robot that takes about nine minutes to finish cleaning a single toilet bowl. On a ...

Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, “Kokurojo” (The Samurai and the Prisoner) is the award-winning Japanese filmmaker’s first go at ...

Akiko Sugaya wheels a cart through the alley-like streets of eastern Tokyo selling tofu, the protein-rich staple favored in ...

BANGKOK--China's navy test-launched a long-range ballistic missile Monday from a nuclear-powered submarine — a move that ...

Hong Kong dog owners and their four-legged friends have gained new freedoms after the city relaxed a decades-old rule, ...

In a park tucked among the factories and warehouses of a waterfront industrial district, 32 contestants confident in their ...