While the country's rapidly graying demographics again headlined the internal affairs ministry's latest census, the annual report also highlighted the fact that only the Tokyo area is seeing significant population growth, due primarily to an influx of younger people. At the same time, a larger ...

The newspaper of North Korea's ruling party lambasted Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday as a "kingpin of corruption" over his alleged roles in two graft scandals that had in recent months pulled down his approval ratings. The state-run Rodong Sinmun said in a commentary ...

An extra $200 billion in levies on goods were proposed Tuesday, rattling financial markets and setting off fears across the globe that the worst may be yet to come.

At least 254,084 homes are still cut off from water supples in Hiroshima, Ehime and Okayama prefectures, those hardest hit by last week’s torrential rains.

The tech firm and its Japan arm have reviewed their delivery contracts after sources said the watchdog suspected they may have violated the country’s competition regulations.

The U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are extensively taught at schools in Japan and abroad, but many rarely have a chance to hear survivors' stories firsthand — what civilians saw, smelled and felt under the mushroom clouds. Hoping to pass on such detailed ...

Thailand celebrated the successful mission to free 12 boys and their soccer coach from a cave Wednesday, with the nation heaping praise on the rescue team as the triumphant tag line "Hooyah" pinballed across social media. The nerve-wracking three-day mission ended late Tuesday with the ...

On a recent weekday morning, a group of men in their 70s and 80s gathered for baseball practice just down the road from a junior high school where students were arriving to start the day. At full strength, the Shimohama Club baseball team's 33 players ...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his ruling party came under fire from opposition parties Tuesday for holding a social gathering last week even as warnings were being issued in western Japan for torrential rains that subsequently brought about one of the worst natural disasters ...

China's huge and increasingly affluent domestic market will make exports less vital to growth.

The Abe adminisration and the private sector are reasserting influence in Asia and beyond.

When Nodame came to ARK, she was a fireball of a kitten prone to hissing and spitting. But time with a foster family has mellowed her.

Enthusiasts pour their souls into labors of love honoring Otomo's classic anime film and manga series.

A crack of thunder. Pulsing polyrhythmic percussion. The roar of a passing motorcycle. A haunting symphonic chorus. Once you've heard the soundtrack to "Akira," the anime classic that turns 30 years old this month, it's almost impossible to forget it. Like every other aspect of the ...

If you were watching anime in English in the 1990s and 2000s, chances are you've heard a dub recorded by Les Claypool III. Some of the films and series that passed through Claypool's studio, Magnitude 8 Post, include "Macross Plus," "Ghost in the Shell" ...

The original hand-drawn map of Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred Acre Woods has sold at auction for £430,000 ($571,000), a record price for a book illustration. E.H. Shepard's drawing sold at Sotheby's in London on Tuesday for almost three-times its pre-sale estimate. Shepard's 1926 sketch features beloved characters including ...

The Pacific League-leading Seibu Lions scored six runs in the third inning Wednesday night on the way to an 8-4 victory over the Chiba Lotte Marines, as they forced the visitors to go deep into their bullpen. The Lions bounced back from their 7-5 loss ...

The Saga Ballooners look to literally launch a big balloon with the help of a former NBA player in order to eventually become a major basketball club in Japan. The newly established club in Kyushu has hired Sasha Vujacic as an ambassador and hopes to ...

Yokozuna Kakuryu suffered his first defeat after an upset loss to Ikioi on Wednesday, the fourth day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. Kakuryu (3-1) was immediately pushed onto the back foot by the No. 2 maegashira and was unable to recover against a relentless ...

Sunwolves stand-in head coach Tony Brown made five changes and two positional switches Wednesday as his side gets set for its final Super Rugby game of the 2018 season when it takes take on the Reds on Friday at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium. "We want to ...

Teenager Jo Azuchi on Wednesday won the Shonan Open, a World Surf League men's Qualifying Series event held at Kugenuma Beach in Kanagawa Prefecture. Despite inconsistent conditions, the 17-year-old earned a two-wave total of 9.90 points in the final, 0.80 ahead of Jordan Lawler of ...

Hajime Moriyasu, who will coach Japan's men's team during the soccer competition at the 2020 Olympics, is the top candidate to manage the full national team, sources said Tuesday. The members of the Japan Football Association's technical committee, which is selecting the successor to Akira ...

Masahiro Tanaka returned from the disabled list to start for the first time in a month on Tuesday, but the Baltimore Orioles spoiled his comeback by ending the night with a 6-5 walk-off victory over the New York Yankees. Tanaka lasted just 4⅓ innings in ...

Belgium's golden generation has come up short at a major tournament. Again. With Kevin De Bruyne and Eden Hazard in fantastic form creating chances for themselves and Romelu Lukaku up front, Vincent Kompany fit again at the heart of the defense and Thibaut Courtois standing ...

They're young, they're brash and they're collectively worth a billion dollars. The one thing missing for this French squad is an international title. Kylian Mbappe, Paul Pogba and France are about to get that chance. Les Bleus are headed to the World Cup final. Samuel Umtiti clinched ...