KAMAKURA, Kanagawa Prefecture–Local officials will stop issuing the city’s popular license plates featuring the iconic ...

OITA--A huge fire here that killed one person, razed more than 180 buildings and jumped to an island has been fully ...

The Bank of Japan is likely to raise interest rates in December with the government expected to tolerate such a decision, ...

Yields on Japan’s benchmark 10-year government bonds on Dec. 4 hit their highest level in 18 years on growing expectations ...

SYDNEY--Australia’s internet regulator said a teen social media ban would be the first domino to fall in a global push to ...

When Kendrick Lamar began his Super Bowl halftime show earlier this year, he picked a stage design likely familiar to anyone ...

BANGKOK--Thailand on Wednesday lifted a 53-year-old ban on the afternoon retail sale of alcoholic drinks, a move expected to ...

U.S. stocks rose near their record levels on Wednesday as mixed data on the economy kept alive hopes that a cut to interest ...

BANGKOK--Asian shares began the week mixed, with Tokyo’s benchmark falling nearly 2% on Monday after the release of data ...

The president of Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. apologized on Nov. 27 for the system failure from a cyberattack that has persisted ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi did not retract her remarks on a Taiwan contingency involving Japan as she was grilled ...

After 40 years, the critically acclaimed film “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” finally got a screening in Japan, at the ...