Currently, various conducts related to prostitution are punishable by law, but there is no penalty for those who solicit sex ...

The prime minister is likely to bring a member of the Japan Innovation Party into the Cabinet for the first time, a sign of ...

Even a subtle change in U.S. rhetoric about Taiwan could embolden Beijing and risk the region’s fragile peace.

Rain is expected over the rare five-day holiday — an alignment that has not occurred in 11 years — putting a damper on ...

Issues arose after organizers expected 15,000 athletes and officials for the Games, only for numbers to increase as new ...

The number of new HIV carriers fell by 38 to 624, the lowest in 20 years, while that of AIDS patients dropped by 66 to 266.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi signaled stability during trying times by keeping most of her Cabinet intact and leaving top ...

South Korea’s foreign minister made the remarks at the airport before departing to the U.S., where he is due to meet Marco ...

The proposals, which neither governments has endorsed, come ahead of a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and ...

The country’s vice defense minister said its status as a nuclear weapons state was irreversible and pledged to continue ...

Amid speculation about a potential change at the top, eight CDU state premiers declared jointly that Germany needs “stability ...

China’s Marxist economists argue that AI-driven automation could eliminate the rent trap and undermine capitalism’s ...