A private researcher, inspired by “hikyaku” couriers of the Edo Period (1603-1867) who could run the 500-kilometer journey ...

Honda Motor Co. is accelerating efforts to promote electric motorcycles by rolling out an affordable model that can be ridden ...

Italy said ‌a fond farewell to the Winter Olympics on Sunday with an ⁠open-air ceremony in the ancient Verona ⁠Arena that celebrated art and sporting achievement at a Games lauded as a model for how ...

WASHINGTON--President Donald Trump said Saturday that he wants a global tariff of 15%, up from 10% he had announced a day earlier after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down many of the far-reaching ...

SEOUL--South Korea on Sunday protested a Japanese government event commemorating a cluster of disputed islands between the two countries, calling the move ‌an unjust assertion of sovereignty over ⁠its ...

At least 284,000 people around Japan live in areas that are considered difficult to evacuate from before a tsunami hits, according to an Asahi Shimbun survey of municipal governments.

U.S. trading partners in Asia were weighing fresh uncertainties this weekend after President Donald Trump announced ‌a new tariff on imports, hours after the Supreme Court struck down many of the ...

Hong Kong officials on Saturday unveiled resettlement plans for thousands of people who were displaced by the deadliest blaze ...

One notable rebel was Takanohana, a popular retired yokozuna who won 22 championships. His dizzying ascent to the pinnacle of the sport along with his brother Wakanohana created the sumo boom in the ...

Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara electrified the crowd in capturing Japan's first-ever Olympic gold medal in pairs figure skating on Feb. 16, staging a dramatic comeback at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter ...

Pirated Japanese manga, anime and other content caused about 10.4 trillion yen ($67.8 billion) in damage in 2025, with the digital sector taking the hardest hit, an industry ministry survey showed.

MILAN--Alysa Liu delivered the U.S. its first women’s figure skating Olympic gold medal in 24 years, performing a ...