KYOTO--A transgender woman in her 50s has filed a petition with the Kyoto Family Court to change her gender from male to ...

Senior Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev told Japan on Tuesday it would have to drop territorial claims to a group of ...

OSAKA--The central government and Kumamoto Prefecture both appealed an Osaka District Court ruling that expanded the ...

Around a third of insurance claims submitted by discredited used car dealer Bigmotor Co. were found to be fraudulent, but ...

The Supreme Court has finalized a landmark ruling that bars companies from using arbitrary job titles, such as “contract ...

Powerful Typhoon No. 6 was expected to bring heavy rain and violent winds to Okinawa Prefecture on June 1 before veering ...

A suspicious cargo ship exhibited increasingly brazen behavior for two days in waters off the southern coast of Taiwan.

SEOUL--An explosion and fire occurred at a defense company in South Korea on Monday, killing five people and injuring two ...

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

BANGKOK--A blast on Sunday at a building in northeastern Myanmar said to have been storing explosives for mining has killed ...

BEIJING--China’s Coast Guard on Monday said it had conducted “law enforcement” patrols in waters east of Taiwan in response ...

SINGAPORE--Caught between China's rapid military rise and growing doubts about the U.S. focus ‌on a region it has long ...