For Japan, crude oil procurement costs remain high and elevated prices are weighing on corporate activity. Even though the ...

News reports that show mountains of rubble in Ukraine, Gaza or Iran may remind a number of Japanese of what their nation ...

Look up “yohai” in Kojien, one of Japan’s best-known and most authoritative dictionaries, and it defines the word as meaning ...

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. dipped into slush funds worth 1.7 billion yen ($10.8 million) to entertain and provide gifts ...

The National Police Agency said March 21 it will eliminate skirts from police uniform options starting in April and offer ...

BANGKOK—Shares were mostly higher Monday in Asia after U.S. stocks edged back from their all-time high following a weaker than expected report on the U.S. economy.

Thousands of people were still waiting for aid on the Indonesian island of Flores as the country celebrated its 81st Independence Day on Monday, days after a powerful earthquake killed at least 54 ...

Domestic cultivation of fresh salmon and trout, species that are mainly imported to Japan, is rapidly increasing, ...

A new video forecast for Japan in 2050 predicts a future of crippling 43-degree heat waves, midday “stay-at-home orders” and ...

BEIJING--Top Chinese officials led by President Xi Jinping gathered in the Great Hall of the People on Monday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth ‌of late leader Jiang Zemin, who led ...

HANOI--Vietnam wants to bring its sex ratio at birth down to the natural level of about 106 boys ‌for every 100 girls by ⁠2035, according to ⁠a draft plan from the Ministry of Health that proposes ...

CHIBA--Prefectural officials confirmed one more death on Aug. 16 in connection with the torrential rain that drenched Chiba Prefecture from the evening of Aug. 13 to early the next day, bringing the ...