A glacier collapse in Tibet caused catastrophic flash flooding Wednesday in a border area of China and Nepal. Authorities in ...

HONG KONG—Asian stocks were mixed on Thursday following modest losses on Wall Street, while oil prices declined. U.S. futures ...

Malaysian former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob was charged Thursday with failing to declare his assets, making him the ...

NAHA—A record high six candidates officially started campaigning on Aug. 27 for Okinawa’s gubernatorial election, with ...

The embattled president of the International Criminal Court warned that U.S. sanctions are pushing the ICC to a breaking ...

The agriculture ministry plans to soon purchase rice to replenish government stockpiles, part of which was released in ...

Record-setting torrential rain has hit the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture and western Toyama Prefecture on Aug. 27, ...

The Japanese Embassy in Nepal said it has been unable to contact five Japanese nationals after a massive flash flood killed ...

TOKYO/SINGAPORE--Japan will ‌receive a boost in Middle East crude supply ⁠this month as two ⁠more stranded Japanese-owned supertankers carrying Saudi oil were exiting the Strait of Hormuz on ⁠Tuesday, ...

A magnitude-6.1 earthquake rattled northeastern Japan early Sunday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the latest in a series of major temblors hitting the region. No tsunami warning was ...

SINGAPORE--A rare joint U.S.-Japan intervention has raised the stakes on traders betting against the yen, but analysts are doubtful speculators will be kept at bay without tighter monetary policy. The ...

A major earthquake that registered a maximum seismic intensity of 7 rocked Kumamoto Prefecture at 4:27 p.m. on July 28, causing casualties, damaging or destroying infrastructure and disrupting ...