LONDON—The British government on Thursday urged FIFA to investigate Argentina’s team after players celebrating their 2-1 win ...

The Diet passed three landmark bills on July 17 that were strongly pushed by Prime Minister Sanae Takachi that include ...

Tokyo-based crowdfunding company Ubugoe Inc. is withholding millions of yen in donations from at least six organizations that ...

A magnitude-6.1 earthquake rattled northeastern Japan early Sunday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the latest in a series of major temblors hitting the region. No tsunami warning was ...

Annual deaths from COVID-19 continue to top 30,000 in Japan, even three years since the seriousness of the infectious disease was downgraded to the level of seasonal influenza. Elderly people are most ...

The “Asuka-Fujiwara archaeological sites,” a collection of predominantly subterranean ruins in Nara Prefecture, are on track to become Japan’s newest UNESCO World Heritage site. The International ...

BEIJING/TAIPEI—Papua New Guinea’s foreign minister said on Thursday his government has decided to close Taiwan’s ...

A final piece of the construction puzzle has been approved for the ultra-high-speed Linear Chuo Shinkansen Line project, ...

Stanford University slugger Rintaro Sasaki will sign with the Miami Marlins, spurning a far more lucrative contract to play ...

SEOUL—A South Korean court on Monday sentenced ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol to two years in prison for illegally receiving ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi isn't shying away from the hot button issue of Taiwan that her predecessors tread lightly on, citing a condition for Japan to provide support in exercising its right of ...

BEIJING--China has expelled Ma ‌Xingrui, a former Politburo member, from the ruling Communist Party ⁠on corruption charges, ...