Health officials are calling for vigilance and precautionary measures as Japan has logged a record number of infections from ...

McDonald’s Japan canceled a Happy Meal promotion featuring “One Piece” trading cards after a “Pokemon” card giveaway led to ...

YOKOHAMA—The 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development concluded here on Aug. 22 with participating countries ...

MANILA--Australia’s defense minister and his Philippine counterpart are meeting in Manila on Friday for talks spotlighting ...

MANILA--Two Japanese men shot to death in the Philippines' capital here were targeted by a Japanese acquaintance who staged ...

Clad in an elegant kimono of pale green, tea ceremony instructor Keiko Kaneko uses a tiny wooden spoon to place a speck of ...

BANGKOK--Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said he was acquitted of royal defamation by a court on Friday, in a ...

Many panels tasked with discussing prefectural minimum wages have recommended increases exceeding record-high national ...

East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) has canceled a scheduled tour of its luxury overnight Train Suite Shiki-shima, after crew ...

OSAKA--Colorful signboards adorning multi-tenant buildings in the downtown Dotonbori district helped spread a raging fire ...

While the family lived apart, Japan attacked the U.S. military base and airfields at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii in December 1941.

Plans are being made for Gen Nakatani to become the first Japanese defense minister to visit South Korea in about 10 years, ...