Lower House lawmaker Mikihiko Hashimoto, 30, will likely struggle to unseat the veteran Tamaki, who is seeking a third term.

A Hong Kong court found two pro-democracy activists who organized annual vigils to mark China’s deadly Tiananmen crackdown ...

Trial Holdings, which runs discount stores and other operations, has introduced a payment service using NEC’s facial ...

The United States, Taiwan and Japan need to work more closely together in developing and protecting technology, given the ...

Plans to reconnect South Korea’s northernmost station to the rail network come at an awkward moment as Pyongyang has ignored ...

A fire broke out on a ship under construction by Kanasashi Heavy Industries while several people were working inside.

Japan is moving toward abolishing its loss-making Cool Japan Fund, while seeking to expand a separate program to promote ...

The consumer price index excluding fresh food rose 1.8% in July from a year earlier, picking up from a 1.6% advance in the ...

Russia conducted a rare missile exercise involving naval vessels and a land-based launcher near islands in its far east that ...

The trend is gathering pace as more Japanese men also shed their resistance to wearing shorts, once considered appropriate ...

There are growing concerns that excessive reliance on AI may reduce opportunities for students to think and make decisions on ...

Requests for the next fiscal year are likely to exceed last year’s record ¥122 trillion ($767 billion) as the government ...