A nephew of the Japanese girl who became synonymous with the suffering caused by the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima handed ...

Mount Fuji recorded its first snowcap of the season on Oct. 30, appearing 28 days later than usual on the second-latest date ...

Kana Sekiya, 43, used to shop near a train station in Tokyo on her way back home from work. Now she drives more than 30 ...

YOKOHAMA—Fake luxury bags, apparel, cosmetics and smartphone accessories have long been among the most common counterfeits ...

Abandoned luggage is becoming a growing problem at airports across Japan, posing a major security headache. Passengers often ...

WASHINGTON―The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted to bar all Chinese labs from testing ‌electronic devices including smartphones, cameras and computers for ⁠use in the ⁠US, expanding ...

Russian authorities have quarantined a hospital and are monitoring contacts of an employee at a plague research institute in Siberia who contracted pneumonia of an “unknown” cause. Local state TV said ...

KARUIZAWA, Nagano Prefecture—Just in time to offer a respite from the summer heat, the famed Mampei Hotel, which hosted luminaries such as John Lennon and Yoko Ono during its long history, partly ...

Tokyo police announced on Oct. 29 the arrest of a 24-year-old Chinese man over a May lunchtime spray attack at Ginza Six, a ...

The Bank of Japan announced on Oct. 30 that the underlying inflation rate has reached its 2 percent target, marking the first ...

BANGKOK—China’s top leaders on Thursday elevated the only remaining general on the commission that oversees the country’s ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced on Oct. 29 that Japan will begin gradually cutting gasoline subsidies in December, ...