The National Intelligence Council will consist of 11 Cabinet ministers, including the prime minister as chair, the chief Cabinet secretary, and the foreign and defense ministers. The council will be ...

TAIPEI--Taiwan’s parliament on Friday authorized the government ‌to sign U.S. agreements for four arms sales packages, ⁠after ...

SEOUL--North Korea accused Japan ‌of heightening regional security risks ⁠by accelerating ⁠the deployment and development of ...

Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi plans to visit the Philippines and Indonesia in early May, where he is expected to discuss ...

Passengers riding East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) trains starting from March 14 will be hit with the railways' first fare increase since its founding in 1987, apart from previous adjustments for tax ...

I have “mugi miso” (barley miso paste) and “genmai miso” (brown rice miso paste) now fermenting in the storage room of my home.

BRUSSELS/PARIS--G7 energy ministers stopped short of agreeing ‌on a release of strategic oil reserves on Tuesday and ⁠instead ...

TAIPEI--A U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft transited the Taiwan Strait in ‌international airspace on Wednesday, in ⁠a move ...

Chiyoda Ward has instituted a dual pricing system for ward residents and nonresidents renting boats at the Chidorigafuchi moat's pier, one of Tokyo's top sakura viewing spots.

Taichi Sakaiya (1935-2019), a prominent Japanese economist and bureaucrat-turned-author, wrote his debut novel while still serving at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, now the Ministry ...

Honda Motor Co. will ‌ fall to its first annual loss in almost 70 years ⁠ as a listed company, ⁠ hit by up to up to 2.5 trillion ​yen ($15.7 billion) in restructuring costs at its EV business, it said ...

SEOUL--South Korea is considering providing additional energy vouchers to subsidize vulnerable households if rising global fuel prices in the wake of the Middle East ‌crisis push up electricity costs, ...