Business sentiment among large Japanese manufacturers has improved slightly, according to a survey by Japan’s central bank ...

BANGKOK--Thailand’s Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office pending an investigation ...

WASHINGTON--The Justice Department announced criminal charges Monday in a scheme by North Korea to fund its weapons program ...

Japan will not sacrifice the agricultural sector as part of its tariff negotiations with the United States, its top ...

SEOUL--Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol skipped questioning on Tuesday by a special prosecutor investigating his December declaration of martial law, citing the need to prepare for a later ...

KYOTO--With women’s universities across Japan increasingly shifting toward coeducation or shutting their doors, Kyoto Women’s ...

A rural police station is counting on older residents to persuade their grandchildren to come back to their hometown and work ...

Japan’s tax revenue for fiscal 2024 will likely exceed 75 trillion yen ($522 billion) for the first time, sources said, but ...

OSAKA—The master pyrotechnicians behind the Omagari fireworks festival, Japan’s most prestigious fireworks competition, lit ...

SAMJUNG, Nepal--The Himalayan village of Samjung did not die in a day.

The house that property consultant and ghost investigator Kazutoshi Kodama regularly surveys has a grim history: seven years ...

Seeking relief from the brutal heat, I wandered into a botanical garden and found a cluster of “hangesho” (Chinese lizard's ...