MELBOURNE--Pope Francis’s visit to Papua New Guinea will take him to a remote part of the South Pacific island nation where ...

A Belarusian state-owned TV station on Sept. 5 aired a special program about the supposed crimes committed by a Japanese man, ...

TOKYO/LONDON--The dollar slid to a one-month trough versus the yen and a one-week low on the euro on Friday, as a mixed bag ...

NARA--Countless tourists have fed the deer here, but how many have stayed overnight? In the prefectural government's opinion, ...

On the eve of the start of campaigning, Kenta Izumi, president of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, announced on ...

Sharp Corp. announced on Sept. 6 that it will enter the electric vehicle market with the aim of rolling out an EV in the near ...

Japanese retail conglomerate Seven & i Holdings Co. rejected an acquisition bid from major Canadian convenience store ...

Prince Hisahito, the son of Crown Prince Fumihito, turned 18 on Sept. 6, marking the first time in 39 years that a male ...

SEOUL--Japanese products, from cars to beer, whisky and clothes, have been rising in popularity in South Korea, rebounding ...

One of the frontrunners to become Japan’s next premier said on Friday that reports the U.S. is poised to block Japan’s Nippon ...

BEIJING--The Chinese government is ending its intercountry adoption program, and the U.S. is seeking clarification on how the ...

YAMAGUCHI—An import and retail company based in Saitama Prefecture and three people including the company representative have ...