TOKYO -- Loneliness, performance and human connection sit at the heart of "Rental Family," which opens in Japan Feb. 27 after ...

TOKYO -- Japan is heading to the polls on Sunday, giving an electorate of 103 million an early chance to pass judgment on the country's first female Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, and the newly ...

TOKYO -- With Valentine's Day fast approaching, Japanese shoppers are looking for alternatives to conventional chocolate in ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, has targeted 233 seats for the ruling ...

SEOUL (Reuters) -- North Korea will convene the 9th Congress in late February in Pyongyang, state media KCNA reported on Sunday, without elaborating on the date. The ruling Workers' Party's political ...

NAGOYA, Japan -- Kenta Kon is set to assume the top leadership spot at Toyota Motor from April 1, and he is tasked with ...

NAGANO, Japan -- Chikuma, a city in central Japan's Nagano prefecture, is striving to revitalize its onsen hot spring resorts ...

TOKYO -- Prices of high-performance road bicycles in Japan have dropped, as the boom in sport cycling that took off during ...

The ghost appears without fanfare -- just a pale figure in the doorway of an old teak house in Ubon Ratchathani, one of the ...

Opinion From Jakarta to Tokyo, Asia's boards hold the key to smarter AI. Region's AI race is being run by ecosystems, raising the bar for oversight ...

BANGKOK -- Malaysian coffee chain ZUS Coffee plans to more than triple its stores in Thailand this year, accelerating its push for regional expansion beyond its home market.

Nepal Police last week arrested six operators from three helicopter rescue companies over an alleged scheme to stage medical ...