Yuriko Koike, the conservative governor of Tokyo, clinched a victorious third term on July 7 in a crowded election held in ...

Tourists flock to the Kotoku-in Buddhist temple here to marvel at and shoot photos of the Great Buddha of Kamakura, one of ...

KYOTO--A European-style cake that was likely a favorite of warlord Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582) has been revived despite a dearth ...

The government will require individuals to declare their nationality for property transfers and purchases of forest land ...

The government has finalized plans to end subsidies to large-scale solar power stations, given the declining production costs ...

BANGKOK--Thailand will hold an early election on Feb. 8, the country’s election regulator said Monday, days after Prime ...

Japan expressed concern to Finland after members of the Finnish ruling coalition posted photos in which they pulled slanted ...

The Upper House on Dec. 16 passed the supplementary budget bill for fiscal 2025, the first compiled by the Sanae Takaichi ...

FUKUOKA--A “funeral” was held in a little Fukuoka church on a recent day for a man who had died alone in his 70s.

A South Korean court found two contractors that worked on Taiwan’s submarine program guilty of leaking designs for ...

MANILA--The southern Philippines once drew small numbers of foreign militants aligned with al-Qaida or the Islamic State ...

BANGKOK--Myanmar’s military government has charged more than 200 people with violating the Southeast Asian country’s voting ...