Campaigning officially started on July 3 for an Upper House election that could further upend the power structure in Japanese ...

TOTTORI—An unfounded rumor of an impending major earthquake in Japan has forced international flights between Yonago Kitaro ...

BANGKOK--A U.S. judge has ruled that China’s Huawei Technologies, a leading telecoms equipment company, must face criminal ...

NEW YORK--U.S. stocks ticked higher on Wednesday to hit another all-time high. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% and set a record for the ...

TOSHIMA, Kagoshima Prefecture–A series of earthquakes that have rattled remote islands and put residents on edge here ...

The Democratic Party for the People modified language in its Upper House election manifesto that was criticized as xenophobic by voices both inside and outside the party.

Hong Kong’s government on Wednesday proposed a registration system that would recognize same-sex partnerships formed overseas, granting such couples more rights in the city.

KYOTO—On hot summer nights in the ancient capital, it’s possible to beat the heat with a mug of cold beer and a chat with ...

The central government has designated 723 municipalities in 30 prefectures for ramping up disaster mitigation measures based ...

Emperor Naruhito hopes that his visit to Mongolia to commemorate Japanese wartime detainees who died there under harsh ...

Suffering from steadily shrinking hauls, fishing communities around Japan are targeting something that is much more in ...

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