The Shinto shrine is regarded by neighboring Asian countries such as South Korea and China as a symbol of Japan’s wartime ...

Zhu Rongji helped push reforms that transformed China from a beleaguered hold-out against the collapse of Soviet-style Communism in the early 1990s to an emerging superpower.

The Kumamoto Prefectural Government estimates that the industry has suffered losses amounting to roughly ¥6 billion ($37.6 million), including from destroyed accommodation buildings and equipment as ...

When Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian told state TV last week that he found it “very difficult” to reach the country’s supreme leader, it sparked fresh speculation about the whereabouts of Mojtaba ...

Yasukuni Shrine has clarified that its new policy banning military-style clothing on its grounds does not apply to active-duty members. After receiving inquiries, including those from The Japan Times, ...

The 23-year-old Mexican national has admitted to the allegations, which involved some 200 lizards hidden in dozens of socks inside a suitcase.

Six of the biggest names in finance are helping Nvidia ease some of the investor anxiety that’s been building for weeks over its swelling commitments to backstop the artificial intelligence boom. The ...

The coordinated intervention by Japan and the United States to support the yen has bumped up hard against reality, the $70 billion or so committed to strengthening the currency all but ineffective as ...

A coach has gotten millions of views on social media by using parkour techniques to teach the elderly things such as better ...

Flight 123 — a Boeing 747 bound for Osaka from Tokyo — crashed into a mountain on Aug. 12, 1985, killing 520 people.

While many expect Ikarigata to reach juryo in the near future, there’s less confidence in his ability to match his older brother’s achievements, which could be a mistake.

The military increasingly relies on motorized paragliders, gyrocopters and drones for low-altitude strikes using unguided explosives, according to U.N. investigators.