Working women in Japan can expect to earn only 70 to 80 percent of what men generate, according to the first breakdown ...

FUKUOKA—Fukuoka prefectural police have obtained an arrest warrant for a woman in her 40s who lives in Vietnam on suspicion ...

UTSUNOMIYA--A bear was captured in a residential area here on June 9 after a series of bear sightings prompted schools across ...

Takumi Minamino will be ‌part of Japan’s World Cup campaign despite ⁠still recovering from injury, ⁠with the forward taking ...

Taiwan’s military fired rockets in China’s direction from “shoot-and-scoot” mobile launchers on Wednesday in a demonstration ...

Japan has resumed operations at the world’s largest nuclear power plant to help the country meet huge electricity demands ...

Chinese and North Korean state-run media this week devoted thousands of words to Xi Jinping ’s summit with Kim Jong Un, but ...

BANGKOK--An American diplomat was found dead in Myanmar’s largest city, the U.S. State Department said, and members of the ...

DUBAI—The U.S. military announced that it has begun strikes against Iran following the crash of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter ...

Twelve years after the end of World War II, author Shohei Ooka (1909-1988) contributed this comment to a newspaper: ...

Bank of ‌Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda has been hospitalised for medical treatment and will ⁠miss the June 15 to 16 policy ...

SEOUL/BEIJING--Chinese President Xi Jinping said he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reached an “important consensus” ‌and ...