Once at the forefront of next-generation DVDs, Sony Group Corp. will phase out shipments of Blu-ray Disc recorders, as demand has shrunk amid the rise of video streaming services and online data ...

Taiwanese were the largest group of foreigners who bought new apartments in Tokyo’s 23 wards in 2024, according to a land ministry survey.

BANGKOK--The Bhumjaithai party of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul took a commanding lead in Thailand’s general election ...

Voters overwhelmingly gave a mandate to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Feb. 8, sending her Liberal Democratic Party to its ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is set to be pressed on her promised tax cuts and spending plans on Monday after a historic election win was seen heightening the chances ⁠of her delivering on ...

BANGKOK--Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 share index jumped 4.7% on Monday after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s governing party ...

To his supporters, former Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai is a fighter for democracy. To the government, he is a traitor to ...

MILAN--Japan took silver in the figure skating team event at the Milano Cortina Olympics, but Kaori Sakamoto said ⁠the squad ...

WASHINGTON--The U.S. Navy’s top uniformed officer wants to convince commanders to use smaller, newer ships and other assets for missions instead of consistently turning to huge aircraft carriers — as ...

Outside of the bustling winter months, the ski resort village of Hakuba in Nagano Prefecture boasts a modest population that ...

YOKOHAMA--A former quarantine site set up more than a century ago to stop the spread of infectious diseases will welcome a ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced plans to soon form a cross-party national council to pursue a proposed two-year suspension of the consumption tax on food items.