Asia shares were trading mostly lower Friday, tracking sharp Wall Street losses on a sell-off of technology-related stocks ...

Junya Ogawa was elected the new leader of the Centrist Reform Alliance (Chudo) on Feb. 13 and faces the urgent task of ...

KITA-KYUSHU—A trainee pilot who helped staff two passenger flights as part of his training has been arrested on suspicion of ...

Japan has agreed with the United States to ‌accelerate talks on the ⁠first batch of ⁠deals under Japan's $550 billion investment package as some issues ⁠still need to be worked out, Trade Minister ...

Japan’s crime rate rose for the fourth consecutive year in 2025, propelled by a record-breaking fraud wave and an increase in sexual offenses, the National Police Agency said Feb. 12.

At 10:47 a.m., U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works outside Pittsburgh — a sprawling riverside industrial facility and the largest of its kind in the Western Hemisphere — erupted in an ear-piercing boom.

The annual cherry blossom season is expected to start in Tokyo on March 21, closely trailed by Japan's other regions welcoming the blooms earlier than usual, according to Weathernews Inc.'s sakura ...

WASHINGTON--The Trump administration reached a trade deal with Taiwan on Thursday, with Taiwan agreeing to remove or reduce 99% of its tariff barriers, the office of the U.S. Trade Representative said ...

The Trump administration on Wednesday expressed concern that China was costing Peru its sovereignty in solidifying control over the South American nation’s critical infrastructure, a blunt warning ...

Fallout from the Lower House election has resulted in the largest proportion of lawmakers opposing legalizing an optional dual-surname system for the first time in 12 years after a national election, ...

Japanese authorities have seized a Chinese ‌fishing boat and arrested ⁠its captain ⁠for allegedly fleeing inspection in its exclusive economic ⁠zone, an incident that could further inflame tensions ...

BEIJING--ByteDance’s new video-generating artificial intelligence model has ‌already impressed the likes of Elon Musk and ⁠gone viral in China, ⁠where it has been compared to DeepSeek and won praise ...