The Japanese government and ruling parties began coordinating on June 1 toward applying a two-year, limited consumption tax ...

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te on Tuesday vowed to maintain peace across the Taiwan Strait, saying at a major technology trade ...

Japan will hold a ceremony in November to mark the completion of restoration work on the main hall of Okinawa's Shuri Castle, ...

As the turmoil in the Middle East drags on, concerns have been raised over shortages of naphtha, which is refined from crude ...

Beginning June 1, anyone caught littering in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward could be hit with an on-the-spot fine of 2,000 yen (about ...

Russia attacked Ukraine with a barrage of missiles and drones overnight, killing at least 11 people, injuring dozens and ...

Malaysia on Monday began enforcing rules barring millions of children younger than 16 from having social media accounts ...

Japan's antitrust watchdog on Tuesday searched the offices of five major Japanese temporary employment agencies on suspicion ...

North Korea did not list Takeshima, a group of South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan, as its territory on a map ...

A municipal junior high school here was swindled out of about 10 million yen (around $62,600) from its internet banking ...

Typhoon Jangmi is moving north toward Japan's southernmost main island of Kyushu on Tuesday after battering Okinawa the ...

The government of this east Japan city has revealed that as of May 24 it had received some 43 million yen (approx. $269,700) ...