South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said Wednesday he will lift his declaration of emergency martial law in the face of ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba indicates that his ruling party would endorse members implicated in a slush fund ...

Although becoming a household name in her home country has never seemed a realistic ambition for Japanese author Mieko Kanai, ...

The government and the ruling parties are considering applying a higher income tax exemption threshold from January 2026, in ...

Japanese comedian Naomi Watanabe was among the 100 "influential and inspiring women" around the world selected for the BBC's ...

Simose Art Museum in western Japan said Tuesday it has received this year's Prix Versailles award naming it the world's most ...

Japan will contest an election for a nonpermanent place on the U.N. Security Council in 2043 to work toward global peace and ...

Yuya Yoshida took a fast first step toward qualifying for next year's world athletics championships by winning the Fukuoka ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that North Korean soldiers deployed in western Russia have been killed ...

Jinichiro Kozuma recently reflected on a 2024 season in which he became the first Japanese to play full time on the ...

Ichiro Suzuki, who amassed 4,367 career hits in top-flight pro leagues, was among the four new candidates named to the ...

Chinese people with an unfavorable impression of Japan in 2024 increased sharply from the previous year to nearly 90 percent, ...