Typhoon No. 5 gained intensity as it approached eastern Japan on July 14, threatening to bring strong winds, high waves and ...

Hideki Matsui was named manager of the Yomiuri Giants, returning to the team after 24 years. He signed a three-year contract ...

SEOUL—South Korea on Friday proposed military talks with North Korea to resolve disagreements about where their border lies ...

Chigusa Ogino may not be a household name in the Japanese manga industry, but she is credited for spreading the popularity of ...

Three plodding robots roaming through crowds of commuters are tackling the formidable task of helping to keep clean the world ...

Kentaro Kawabe rose through the ranks of the Japanese corporate system and reached the top of one of the largest IT companies ...

The US military said on Friday it will ban vehicles made by ‌Chinese EV maker BYD from an ⁠air base in ⁠Japan, saying their ...

Scientists doubling as art detectives have traced Vincent van Gogh’s “ The Starry Night ” to a celestial scene that suggests ...

A three-hour film about the esoteric world of Kabuki is defying the odds at the Japanese box office, with tickets selling out ...

SEOUL—North Korea on Monday fired multiple ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, South Korea’s military said, adding ...

A long rupture on the ground extending through infrastructure damage in Kumamoto Prefecture seems to confirm what seismologists had long feared: a major earthquake stemming from the active Hinagu ...

HONG KONG—China’s exports surged 36.3% in September from a year earlier, its customs agency said Wednesday, bringing it on ...