The final disposition of the remains of the founder of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult may be nearing a resolution, with the ...

Jordan’s Attarat power plant was envisioned as a landmark project promising to provide the desert kingdom with a major source ...

The Tokyo District Court on Dec. 9 sentenced a former teacher at a junior high school in Tokyo’s Nerima Ward to nine years in ...

A major sporting goods manufacturer is offering peace of mind to female athletes in shielding them from the growing scourge ...

OSAKA--Chanting “no to xenophobic immigration law” and “inclusion, not exclusion,” about 150 protesters rallied on Feb. 23 ...

JAKARTA--A vast industrial park being built on the tropical island of Borneo that has attracted billions of dollars in ...

Japan will not attend a U.N. conference on the treaty banning nuclear weapons, a top government official in Tokyo said Monday ...

Hong Kong's post office announced late Thursday it would continue to suspend shipping items containing goods to the United ...

HIROSHIMA—The district court here rejected a request on March 5 by plaintiffs to stop operations at the Ikata nuclear power ...

Shoppers may soon get welcome relief for soaring rice prices as the government started the release of its massive stockpile ...

OSAKA—For the first time in six years, the Kyoto-Osaka area gained a new top-rated, three-star Michelin restaurant.

Japan ranked either first or second in all three categories—literacy, numeracy and adaptive problem-solving skills—of an ...