Tsuneo Watanabe, the chief of Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings who wielded enormous influence in politics and Japanese professional ...

SINGAPORE--Asian stocks slid, bond yields rose and the dollar was perched near a two-year high on Thursday after the U.S.

November, and wild boar dishes are now being served at restaurants in the Tanbasasayama city area of Hyogo Prefecture.

Under pressure, the ruling coalition agreed to raise the minimum income tax threshold from 1.03 million yen ($6,600) to 1.23 ...

KITA-KYUSHU—Police on Dec. 19 arrested an unemployed man in connection with a stabbing attack at a McDonald’s restaurant here ...

Belarus has detained a second Japanese national who was reportedly filming a road, the Japanese Embassy in Belarus announced ...

The Liberal Democratic Party is apparently trying to lay the political groundwork for closing the curtain on the damaging ...

Climbing Mount Fuji will become more expensive next summer, with Yamanashi Prefecture raising the toll on the mountain’s ...

SEOUL--North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday visited a mausoleum for his late father and grandfather Kim Jong Il and Kim ...

SEOUL--South Korea’s acting leader said Thursday he would veto a spate of contentious bills sponsored by the main opposition ...

WASHINGTON--China is expanding its nuclear force, has increased military pressure against Taiwan and has strengthened its ...

A consortium that includes Tokyo Metro Co. has been awarded a contract to operate London’s Elizabeth Line that serves the ...