SYDNEY--Stock markets slumped in Asia on Monday as investors dug in for a protracted Gulf conflict that already has oil ...

MILWAUKEE--Munetaka Murakami of the Chicago White Sox and Chase DeLauter of the Cleveland Guardians have accomplished ...

SEOUL--North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed a test of an upgraded solid-fuel engine for weapons capable of reaching the U ...

SUWA, Nagano Prefecture-Rising winter temperatures due to climate change are negatively affecting miraculous ice ridges called the “omiwatari,” which means “God’s crossing,” that emerge on Lake Suwako ...

Although foreign residents have become a more common sight in Japan, they continue to face difficulties gaining housing due ...

Japan’s flagship e‑government infrastructure project was touted as a sleek, streamlined leap into the digital future—a way to unite the nation’s 1,788 scattered local bureaucracies under one digital ...

The government approved a bill to revise the Drone Law that would expand no‑fly zones around sensitive facilities and impose ...

HIROSHIMA—The leader of a nonprofit organization here was shocked to find an Iranian man she has known for about two decades ...

KYOTO—What was once a performance space in the Gion district here for geisha and their apprentices is now a luxury hotel, ...

Jurgen Klinsmann has been fired as head coach of the South Korean national team after an Asian Cup semifinal exit and reports of infighting among star players, ending a turbulent 12 months for the ...

Japan’s particular run through Group E to advance to the knockout stage of the World Cup seems to have surprised everyone—but not super-sub Ritsu Doan.

Another World Cup day, another World Cup shock. Substitutes Ritsu Doan and Takuma Asano scored late goals Wednesday to help Japan come from behind and upset Germany 2-1. Both Doan and Asano play for ...