The Metropolitan Police Department on Aug. 15 referred a 32-year-old man to prosecutors on suspicion of sexually exploiting a ...

Victims of the Fukushima nuclear disaster expressed outrage and sadness after the Supreme Court upheld the acquittals of two ...

Soccer star Kaoru Mitoma’s nonfatal collision with a bicyclist at a tricky intersection is another case where vigilance ...

A late-week rally in global shares left them on track for weekly gains after earnings from some U.S. tech giants eased ...

The Japanese ‌yen came under renewed pressure on Friday as markets tested Tokyo’s ⁠resolve in the wake of a ⁠coordinated ...

SEOUL--South Korea recorded its highest temperature on Friday since modern weather observations began, as a prolonged ...

The Bank of Japan kept ‌interest rates steady ⁠on Friday ⁠but stressed ⁠anew its readiness to continue pushing up ‌borrowing ...

Elon Musk dismissed as “fake news” a report that executives at his electric vehicle company ‌Tesla have been told to prepare ...

GENEVA—European nations agreed Thursday to boycott the World Cup and all other FIFA competitions to protest Gianni ...

MANILA—Japan agreed to begin discussing the export of its retiring destroyers equipped with anti-ship missiles and other ...

The death toll reached 12 while rescue operations continued in Kumamoto Prefecture after a powerful earthquake on July 28 ...

Trailblazing singer and actor Akihiro Miwa, who survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki to become a fearless cultural icon, champion for the marginalized and tireless advocate for peace, has died. He ...