Mitsubishi Motors Corp. on Tuesday reported a group net loss of ¥198.52 billion ($1.75 billion) for the business year through March 2017 amid expanding costs related to a fuel economy data manipulation scandal. The automaker, which became part of Nissan Motor Co. last year, reported ...

More than ¥85 million in cash was stolen from a safe at a police station in the city of Hiroshima, police said Tuesday. The cash, ¥85.72 million ($760,000) in total, had been held in a safe at Hiroshima Chuo Police Station as evidence in a ...

China's Foreign Ministry has labeled as "fake news and not worth refuting" a report that Beijing urged Washington to fire the top U.S. naval commander in the Pacific in return for boosted pressure on North Korea. The report, published Saturday by Kyodo News, said the ...

The 2007 launch of the service sparked controversy, with opponents regarding it as giving the green light to parents abandoning children.

The remarks were among only a handful he would make on his desire to amend the charter during a face-off with Democratic Party leader Renho.

A suicide prevention group will dispatch a drone to monitor remote areas around Tojinbo in Sakai, Fukui Prefecture — whose lonely cliffs remain romanticized in popular imagination as a destination where people go to end their lives — in the hopes that the effort ...

The real estate agency managing an apartment building in Kitakyushu where six people died in a fire Sunday night had a regular policy of nearly doubling the rent for tenants who lived there for more than a month — a move intended to deter ...

When Siri is asked whether she has a boyfriend, the iPhone's digital assistant is usually quick to deflect the question with a quip about drones always trying to pick her up. For Minori Takechi, founder of Vinclu Inc., that's a missed opportunity. Takechi is the creator ...

While the move would freeze the country’s public transport system, experts called it necessary to minimize potential damage from an attack.

Toshiba Corp. has told partner Western Digital Corp. to stop interfering in plans to sell its memory chip business, warning it may take legal action to prevent the U.S. company from derailing the sale. Toshiba sent two letters to Western Digital on May 3 that ...

Police said Tuesday that a bonfire may be the source of a forest fire that broke out Monday in Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, which temporarily forced nearly 400 residents from 117 households to evacuate. According to police officials, a resident alerted firefighters around noon Monday to ...

In the midst of debates about whether the Self-Defense Forces should be dispatched to the far corners of the globe to assist a military alliance partner, an obscure episode involving the Imperial Japanese Navy a century ago in the Mediterranean Sea offers key lessons ...

Asia has enjoyed demographic dividends in the past, but the growing number of elderly is set to create a demographic “tax” on growth, a report said.

Textbooks detailing covert techniques used by ninja and written pledges about their secret missions were passed down for generations at the home of a ninja descendant in western Japan, according to an analysis of ancient documents found there. Experts in Japanese history say the documents ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has told China he is open to welcoming North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for a meeting in the United States if Pyongyang abandons its nuclear and missile programs, according to diplomatic sources. The idea is among a set of ...

Is it worth the potentially high political and fiscal costs for Japan to pursue missile-strike capabilities?

it is difficult to imagine that North Korea, now in possession of nuclear weapons, will accept denuclearization.

In 2017, algorithms are everywhere. They determine the news we see, the music we stream, the advertisements we're served and the very means through which we communicate and access information on a daily basis. And it's not just our online experience that's underpinned by algorithms. E-commerce ...

The Edo Period (1603-1868) is renowned for the flourishing of material culture — a time when major advances and innovations in Japanese folk crafts and design were prized by the burgeoning commoner class of Edo (present-day Tokyo) and Osaka. "The Golden Age of Mingei: Life ...

Kosuke Fukudome just had a feeling. The Hanshin Tigers veteran's first trip to the plate ended with a called third strike. So the bat that had remained on his shoulder in the first inning was left in the dugout when Fukudome strode to the plate ...

Kawasaki Frontale booked their spot in the knockout phase of the Asian Champions League thanks to a 4-0 thrashing of Group G foe Eastern SC of Hong Kong on Tuesday night. Brazilian striker Rhayner got the ball rolling with the first goal in the 28th ...

A baseball season may be a marathon, but there's something to be said for getting off to a fast start. That's what Hanshin Tigers pitcher Randy Messenger has done, and on Tuesday he received some of the early fruits of his labor. Japanese baseball unveiled the ...

On the eve of Wednesday's draw for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, organizers are hoping the tournament will spur even more interest in the sport in the world's largest continent. With Japan preparing to host Asia's first Rugby World Cup, and the global game experiencing ...

Tim Duncan was the most famous; OK, maybe co-famous with David Robinson. Though Gregg Popovich might eclipse both with his coaching record and irascible demeanor. Manu Ginobili has perhaps the most panache, but Tony Parker probably symbolizes the San Antonio Spurs better than any. Parker rarely ...