Japan's Finance Ministry in April urged a cutback in medical school enrollment in a subcommittee of the Fiscal System Council ...

More than half of South Koreans now hold a favorable view of Japan, the highest level recorded since annual polling began in ...

The United States sees the substantial undervaluation of the Japanese yen as a serious risk to economic stability in Asia, ...

One week has passed since a powerful earthquake registering up to 7 on the 7-point Japanese seismic intensity scale struck ...

The magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture on July 28 began with a rupture on a previously unknown small ...

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Japan's booming ready-to-eat curry market is drawing shoppers with an ever-wider selection of products as the country's ...

Millions of Shiite Muslims observed the annual Arbaeen pilgrimage Tuesday in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala, under the shadow ...

A temple in this western Japan city is attracting people with a one-day ascetic training experience, with participants saying they ...

Japan's immigration agency on Tuesday proposed tougher requirements for granting permanent residency to foreigners, including ...

Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it posted a net profit of 1.48 trillion yen ($9.4 billion) in the three months through June, ...

The Japanese weather agency said on Tuesday that a large, powerful typhoon was moving westward from a Pacific island, warning ...