BEIJING/TOKYO--China and Japan gave conflicting versions of a maritime confrontation involving their coast guards and a ...

The ruling coalition partners on Dec. 1 agreed to push plans to reduce the number of Lower House seats by 10 percent, ...

Only one-quarter of fire departments in coastal areas at risk of tsunami damage from a Nankai Trough earthquake have compiled operational plans that take inundation forecasts into account, an Asahi ...

SEOUL--North Korean leader Kim Jong Un highlighted the Air Force’s role in exercising nuclear war deterrence as he celebrated the Air Force’s 80th anniversary along with his young daughter, state ...

A juvenile Japanese spiny lobster has been captured along the coast of the northern main island of Hokkaido, a discovery that ...

Seventy years ago today, on Dec. 1, 1955, a Black woman was arrested in the southern U.S. city of Montgomery, Alabama. Her name was Rosa Parks (1913–2005), a 42-year-old seamstress. Her quiet act of ...

KOBE--Syco Inc.'s garment made from aramid fibers and carbon fiber-reinforced plastic are already touted to protect the ...

BANGKOK--Asian shares began the week mixed, with Tokyo’s benchmark falling nearly 2% on Monday after the release of data ...

Tourists wanting to join tea parties and try the combination of matcha powered green tea and yoga are flocking to the Matcha ...

State-owned Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) is expanding beyond traditional development lending into ...

Revenues at China’s giant military firms fell last year as corruption purges slowed arms contracts and procurement, according ...

After 40 years, the critically acclaimed film “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” finally got a screening in Japan, at the ...