NAHA--An underage girl testifying about her alleged abduction and rape by a U.S. airman in Okinawa Prefecture gave a haunting ...

The Ground Self-Defense Force on Oct. 25 unveiled its new Type 25 surface-to-ship guided missile that has a range of about ...

Trailblazer Tomoka Nishiyama has decided to take the plunge and challenge the top  professional shogi players in the ...

HONG KONG―Tens of thousands of revelers in costumes ranging from ‌evil bartenders to Donald Trump impersonators, zombies and ...

The elite Central Committee of China’s ruling Communist Party will hold a closed-door meeting from Monday to Thursday to ...

NAGOYA—Traveling gourmands are gobbling up tickets for Kintetsu Railway Co.’s first luxury restaurant train serving French ...

Japan will convene its first ministerial cybersecurity panel Oct. 26 after a cyberattack at GMO Internet Inc. led to customer losses, data theft and a rare request for government intervention.

MADRID―Takeda Pharmaceutical plans to seek regulatory approval ‌in Japan next year for its gastric cancer drug, after it ⁠extended overall survival and delayed ⁠disease progression in a late-stage ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency called for vigilance across the Kanto region as the ninth typhoon of the season looked set to pound the Izu island chain south of Tokyo as early as Aug. 1. It warned of ...

Aflac Life Insurance Japan Ltd.’s policyholder portal had been hacked, exposing the personal data of about 4.38 million customers, the company announced on June 30. About 230,000 of the records ...

NARA--Researchers have unearthed a shield-shaped bronze mirror and massive iron sword in an ancient kofun burial mound here, unprecedented discoveries of their kind in Japan. The unusually shaped ...

Pickleball, a sport often called a miniature version of tennis, has gained so much in popularity in Japan that the country ...