SEOUL--A 33-year-old South Korean man was sentenced to life in prison Monday for running an online blackmail ring that ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and President Donald Trump discussed China relations in a phone call on Tuesday, their ...

Japan on Tuesday launched a scheme aimed at cutting wasteful government spending by reviewing existing subsidy projects and ...

KYOTO--Autumn foliage is at its glorious peak at Kiyomizudera temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site, where visitors can marvel ...

Japan will oppose a proposal by the European Union and other countries to regulate trade in all eel species, including the ...

SEOUL--For two hours every day, Lee Si-young and her colleagues broadcast uncensored foreign news into authoritarian North ...

BEIJING--China called Japan’s plan to deploy missiles on an island near Taiwan a deliberate attempt to “create regional ...

BANGKOK--Myanmar’s military government has begun broadcasting extensive video on state television of its crackdown on online scam centers, showing buildings being bulldozed and over 1,000 foreigners ...

To revive abandoned farmland, Otaki town officials have turned to unorthodox crops that can survive in barren terrain and ...

FUKUOKA—Ukrainian sekiwake Aonishiki continued his rapid and inspiring rise to the upper echelons of the sport by capturing ...

Early signs on Japan’s annual wage negotiations for next year point to another round of solid pay hikes despite profit pressure from U.S. tariffs, bolstering the case for the Bank of Japan to raise ...

While riot police officers are authorized to shoot bears to combat an alarming rise in bear-related injuries and deaths ...