Business confidence among major Japanese manufacturers improved for the first time in two quarters in December, buoyed by ...

The kanji for "kin" or "kane," meaning gold or money, was picked as the single most representative Chinese character ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol says he declared martial law last week to defend constitutional order, while denying ...

The Japanese government and ruling parties are arranging to raise the income cap on earnings by a householder's dependent ...

Japan starts criminalizing the use of cannabis and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a psychoactive chemical found in the plant, as ...

A Russia-linked hacking group e-mailed multiple executives of Japanese publisher Kadokawa Corp. that it had received $2.98 ...

An exhibition on Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors that won this year's Nobel Peace Prize, has ...

A man whose parents are Unification Church members has filed a petition with a Tokyo court to change his legal name, saying ...

The Japan Football Association names Dane Nils Nielsen as the first foreign manager of the women's national team.

The Universal Studios Japan theme park in Osaka opens the world's first attraction area based on Nintendo Co.'s popular Donkey Kong game series, seeking to attract more overseas as well as domestic ...

Penguins at Asahiyama Zoo in northern Japan's Hokkaido waddled through the snow during a "rehearsal" on Dec. 11, ahead of the start of their daily winter strolls running through mid-March.

Japan's Prince Hisahito, the nephew of Emperor Naruhito and second in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne, will attend the ...