After decades in service, Taiwan’s Vietnam-era F-5 fighter jets are being retired as part of the island democracy’s ...

A senior Indian minister has said that only the Dalai Lama and the organization he has set up have the authority to identify ...

KYOTO—A group of geisha and their “maiko” apprentices gathered at Yasakajinja shrine here on July 3 for a traditional ritual ...

MANILA--Asian shares were mixed Friday after U.S. stocks climbed further into record heights as the clock ticks on President Donald Trump’s July 9 tariff deadline.

KITAKAMI, Iwate Prefecture―An 81-year-old woman was killed in a suspected bear attack in her living room here on July 4, according to police.

KOBE—A Chinese woman is accused of illegally driving tourists from her home country to areas around the Kansai region for about two years without a taxi license.

TSU--For the time being, the Bank of Japan will hold off on interest rate hikes while it closely monitors developments in the ...

LONDON—Akira Otani’s gangland thriller centered around two women is the first Japanese work to win the translation division ...

The leader of right-wing minor opposition Sanseito party called for a societal shift that encourages more women to stay home ...

Emperor Naruhito hopes that his visit to Mongolia to commemorate Japanese wartime detainees who died there under harsh ...

NAHA—In a rare and significant move, senior officials from the U.S. Marine Corps stationed in Okinawa Prefecture formally ...

In a major policy shift, the communication ministry will require social media and communication service providers to store ...