Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi eschewed “remorse” or “pledge never to wage war” in her war anniversary speech a year after her ...

For Japan, crude oil procurement costs remain high and elevated prices are weighing on corporate activity. Even though the ...

Iran called on the U.S. to accept defeat on ‌Saturday, while President Donald Trump blasted Tehran as "very evil" and told ...

News reports that show mountains of rubble in Ukraine, Gaza or Iran may remind a number of Japanese of what their nation ...

Look up “yohai” in Kojien, one of Japan’s best-known and most authoritative dictionaries, and it defines the word as meaning ...

WASHINGTON--President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon on Sunday to scale back planned joint military exercises with South ...

BANGKOK—Shares were mostly higher Monday in Asia after U.S. stocks edged back from their all-time high following a weaker than expected report on the U.S. economy.

Thousands of people were still waiting for aid on the Indonesian island of Flores as the country celebrated its 81st Independence Day on Monday, days after a powerful earthquake killed at least 54 ...

BEIJING--Top Chinese officials led by President Xi Jinping gathered in the Great Hall of the People on Monday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth ‌of late leader Jiang Zemin, who led ...

CHIBA--Prefectural officials confirmed one more death on Aug. 16 in connection with the torrential rain that drenched Chiba Prefecture from the evening of Aug. 13 to early the next day, bringing the ...

HANOI--Vietnam wants to bring its sex ratio at birth down to the natural level of about 106 boys ‌for every 100 girls by ⁠2035, according to ⁠a draft plan from the Ministry of Health that proposes ...

A new video forecast for Japan in 2050 predicts a future of crippling 43-degree heat waves, midday “stay-at-home orders” and severe food shortages that could transform a simple bowl of “katsudon” into ...