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

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

German drone maker Helsing has enlisted Japanese e-commerce and finance ‌firm Rakuten to help finalize a deal to sell its ⁠unmanned systems to Japan’s defense force, ⁠a spokesperson for Rakuten said ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new video forecast for Japan in 2050 predicts a future of crippling 43-degree heat waves, midday “stay-at-home orders” and ...

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 ...

Four Cabinet members visited Tokyo’s controversial Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15, the anniversary of the end of World War II, although Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stayed away and prayed at another ...

日米関税交渉で両政府が合意した総額5500億ドル（約87兆円）の対米投資に含まれるインフラ事業について、米連邦控訴裁判所が事業許可の取り消しを命じていたことが分かった。この事業をめぐっては、5月に日本の政府系機関である、国際協力銀行（JBIC）と日本 ...

お笑いトリオ「四千頭身」メンバーの都築拓紀さん（29）が、東京都内のイベント会場で女性の下半身や顔を触ったとして、都迷惑防止条例違反（痴漢）と暴行の疑いで18日に書類送検されたことが捜査関係者への取材でわかった。