The primary focus in Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Cabinet reshuffle was the fate of Yoshimasa Hayashi, a veteran lawmaker ...

NAGOYA—The Olympic Council of Asia is attempting to quell complaints about lodging for athletes and officials at the Asian ...

TAIPEI—Taiwan’s military carried out its first joint combat exercise using multiple types of attack drones this week, in what ...

A former Japanese Red Army faction member involved in a 1970 hijacking of a Japan Airlines jet has reportedly died in North ...

YOKOHAMA—Nissan Motor Co. is seeing signs of recovery despite challenges in overseas markets and plans to drive growth ...

Poplar Publishing Co., a prominent producer of children’s books in Japan, has set up a subsidiary in India in a bid to break ...

With a familiar core in her reshuffled Cabinet, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will confront crucial economic, diplomatic and national security challenges starting next month.

Japan’s central bank on Friday raised the benchmark interest rate to 1.25% from 1.0%, a 31-year-high. The Bank of Japan has ...

As concern rises over the risks of artificial intelligence, hopes for any kind of global approach depend on cooperation ...

Shohei Ohtani is expected to return before the postseason, Los Angeles Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew ...

In the battle against high-tech criminal organizations, Japanese police are obtaining court warrants that allow them to ...

Trailblazing singer and actor Akihiro Miwa, who survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki to become a fearless cultural icon, champion for the marginalized and tireless advocate for peace, has died. He ...