OITA—Firefighters continued to battle a blaze in Oita city’s Saganoseki district on Nov. 19 after a body was found in the ...

SINGAPORE--The dollar was riding high on Thursday after notching its sharpest gain in six weeks as Fed minutes made a ...

Pirated Japanese publications available for free on websites worldwide cause an estimated 8.5 trillion yen ($55.2 billion) in ...

Images of “diplomatic superiority” shown by Chinese state media have exacerbated the Japan-China feud over Prime Minister ...

China is replacing its diesel trucks with electric models faster than expected, potentially reshaping global fuel demand and ...

The government is preparing a comprehensive economic stimulus package worth more than 20 trillion yen ($128 billion), ...

TAIPEI--The prime minister of tiny Tuvalu said on Tuesday that his country treasures its “special relationship” with Taiwan, ...

Former Ito Mayor Maki Takubo has announced that she will enter the upcoming mayoral election triggered by her own ouster.

Tun Min Lat climbs a bamboo ladder in the longan orchards of eastern Thailand, moving from tree to tree as he plucks the ...

Actor Brendan Fraser had never heard of a Japanese “rental family” service before working on the comedy-drama film “Rental ...

The Japanese governor overseeing the region that is home to the world’s largest nuclear power plant is set to give the ...

Former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba isn't happy about the complete turnabout on rice policy being instituted by his ...