A credit union here is suspected of using the names of depositors--including a dead client--to create bogus accounts and extend fake loans to conceal its financial difficulties, the Asahi Shimbun ...

There are currently no pandas in the country’s zoos, but that hasn’t stopped some from enjoying their likeness in a view of ...

It took some time before people accepted the offer of free food at Korean restaurant Naruto in Tokyo’s Asakusa district.

And as two local elections showed this year, voters, particularly younger ones, are relying more on social media than mainstream media for information on candidates. And success can also be gained ...

SENDAI—A Japanese citizen serving as Cambodia’s honorary consul in Sendai has been penalized by the Sendai Regional Taxation ...

A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. The suicide attack instantly killed the pilot, but none of ...

LONDON—Temu was hit with a 200 million euro ($232 million) fine Thursday after a European Union investigation found the ...

The central government has formulated a plan to conserve natural gas in the event of a sudden shortage by asking companies and households to cut back on usage.

A credit union here engulfed in a fraudulent-loan scandal funneled funds to entities linked to right-wing political groups to bring an end to their public protests, multiple sources said.

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday ordered the restoration of full diplomatic ties with Thailand and said the countries agreed to trade ambassadors, closing the chapter on three decades of mistrust and hostility ...

Sake brewery Dassai Inc. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said they created the beverage in a simulated lunar gravity ...

Toru Ota, a former chief of programming at Fuji Television Network Inc., said he continued hiring Masahiro Nakai despite learning early on about “trouble” between the celebrity and a woman at a dinner ...