The Justice Ministry is moving toward revising Japan's anti-prostitution law to punish the sex buyers, addressing a legal imbalance that has only targeted the sellers for 70 years, according to ...
HANOI--Police in Vietnam have launched a criminal investigation into a warehouse accused of producing fake coffee made from soybeans following a raid earlier this week, the Ministry ⁠of Public ...
Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) is campaigning on a strongly hawkish and conservative platform for the Feb. 8 Lower ...
BEIJING--China’s main space contractor vowed to develop space tourism in the next five years, state media ⁠reported on ...
Tokyo police arrested a man in connection with a Japanese blog that is part of an international investigation into child ...
Longtime Canon Inc. President Fujio Mitarai will step down from his post at the age of 90, but he has no plans to retire for ...
Kurd slogans, misinformation and counter-protests are featuring heavily in the mayoral election campaign in Kawaguchi, ...
Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday after the S&P 500 ticked to a record, as the U.S. dollar’s value slid further.
TOKYO/BEIJING--China may rethink its escalating pressure campaign on Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi if she delivers a ...
HIROSHIMA—The Hiroshima District Court ordered the central government on Jan. 28 to pay a total of about 3.3 million yen ($21 ...
BANGKOK--China executed 11 members of a Myanmar-based family crime syndicate that killed 14 Chinese citizens and ran scam and gambling operations worth more than $1 billion, authorities said.
Department stores are aiming to ease the shock of heartbreak-inducing prices as they enter the peak sales period for ...