The pledge by Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to “work, work, work, work and work” for her country has been named the catchphrase of the year. The ultraconservative Takaichi uttered the phase in ...

Asian shares were mixed on Thursday after U.S. stocks rose to near their records. The futures for the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average were slightly higher. Japan's Nikkei 225 index climbed 2.

The World Exposition in Osaka is estimated to have generated an economic ripple effect of 3.05 trillion yen, sowing the seeds for economic growth while the benefits struggled to expand to a wide area ...

When Kendrick Lamar began his Super Bowl halftime show earlier this year, he picked a stage design likely familiar to anyone tuning in: a square, triangle, cross and circle. The Grammy-winning rapper ...

Police in Kurihara City, Miyagi Prefecture, have arrested a 31-year-old Vietnamese man on suspicion of assaulting a work colleague by hitting him with an iron pipe at a company workshop. The incident ...

KFC in Japan is gearing up for the Christmas tradition of millions of families thronging the U.S. fast-food chain for special festive buckets of deep-fried chicken and other treats. "Reservations for ...

China is deploying a large number of naval and coast guard vessels across East Asian waters, at one point more than 100, in the largest maritime show of force to date, according to four sources and ...

Hong Kong residents, construction professionals and former senior officials are pushing back against the idea that bamboo scaffolding was a main reason flames spread so quickly in the city’s deadliest ...

Even for a president who has long made clear he’s no fan of Somalia, the latest round of White House contempt was a shock Wednesday in the country’s largest Somali community. “They contribute nothing.

Organizing a World Cup is never simple. But when the host is Donald Trump, it's even more complicated. In just six months, the United States along with Mexico and Canada will host soccer's flagship ...

The Numazu District Public Prosecutors Office in Shizuoka Prefecture has decided not to indict a 29-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of attempting to kill his 89-year-old grandmother and ...