Previously set at ¥1,000, the tax has risen to ¥3,000 for all travelers departing Japan, regardless of nationality.

Years of economic success under Alan Greenspan ultimately gave way to financial turmoil that critics say his policies helped ...

Karakuri ningyo, or wooden automata powered without electricity, became popular in Japan during the Edo Period ...

The West has mostly been focusing ‌on boosting ‌security ties with the regional military power and big arms exporter.

The two, both Fuji Electric group employees, are believed to have violated China’s law governing rare earth exports.

Now policymakers are facing a dilemma over whether to hold the line on carbon pricing or yield to political pressure and help ...

China’s covert military training of Russian forces last year was personally approved by Russia’s defense minister and ...

The same man was arrested on suspicion of trying to kill his 14-year-old son with a knife earlier the same day.

The power supplier allegedly underestimated the seismic ground motion the plant could experience, using a calculation method ...

Revisions to the laws meant to tackle the imperial family’s dwindling numbers included clauses that throw succession rules ...

Opposition leader María Corina Machado, who is stuck in Panama after unsuccessful attempts to reenter the country, has vowed ...

The addition of the 060 prefix — in addition to the existing 090, 080 and 070 — will increase total cell phone numbers from ...