At the Siberia Tiger Park in the frigid Chinese city of Harbin, visitors can learn about the facility's successful breeding program — and buy chicken carcasses to toss to around 20 tigers pacing the snow-flecked ground of their enclosure. At the park gates, a shop ...

The prefecture, located about 200 kilometers from the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, has been storing around 60,000 tons of mud containing radioactive cesium.

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. said Tuesday it has completed the acquisition of Irish drugmaker Shire PLC and made it a wholly owned subsidiary, becoming a global top 10 pharmaceutical company in terms of sales. The ¥6.2 trillion ($57 billion) takeover of Shire made it the biggest-ever ...

Last year was the fourth warmest on record, extending a scorching streak driven by a build-up of man-made greenhouse gases, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Monday. Average world surface air temperatures were 14.7 Celsius (58.5 Fahrenheit) in 2018, just 0.2 C ...

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga's recent comment that ties with South Korea are in a "severe state" signals that simmering tensions between the neighbors and U.S. security allies could worsen. Tokyo and Seoul have sparred over rulings by South Korea's top court that two of ...

An adorable feline has been installed as the "lord" of an ancient castle in western Japan, drawing tourists and helping the area's recovery from a deadly rain disaster last year. Named Sanjuro, the cat assumed its title on Dec. 16 at Bitchu Matsuyama Castle in ...

Wearing a navy suit, a haggard-looking Ghosn — handcuffed and with a rope tied around his waist — told his side of the story in a Tokyo courtroom Tuesday.

To deliver an electric vehicle that's cheaper, safer and capable of traveling over 800 km on a single charge, the auto industry needs a breakthrough in battery technology. That's easier said than done. Scientists in Japan, China and the United States are among those struggling to ...

The partner said his firm helped Nissan resolve a dispute and pave the way for a joint venture in justifying $14.7 million in payments under scrutiny by prosecutors.

About 30 activists gathered after a petition urging U.S. President Donald Trump to halt the work accumulated more than 195,000 signatures in 30 days.

About 30 activists gathered after a petition urging U.S. President Donald Trump to halt the work accumulated more than 195,000 signatures in 30 days.

As Kim Jong Un spent his birthday in Beijing on Tuesday, the young North Korean leader was likely hoping to take home more than just a few gifts during his three-day visit to the Chinese capital. Kim arrived by special train in Beijing on Tuesday ...

The two nations will aim to launch ministerial security talks early this year to deepen security cooperation, Foreign Minister Taro Kono said.

The government's official aircraft for VIPs will be decommissioned at the end of March after carrying prime ministers and Imperial family members for a quarter of a century. The jet has also been used for international assistance and humanitarian support activities, traveling to 100 countries ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was spending his birthday in Beijing after arriving in the Chinese capital Tuesday — which was believed to be his 35th birthday — for his fourth summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping as talks on a second meeting ...

Like a military operation, the project to test how traffic might flow around southeast England in the event of a no-deal Brexit started before dawn. And like many a military operation, it ran into trouble soon after making contact with reality. The Department for Transport ...

Despite the workload and responsibility, being a giant panda breeder at a zoo is something 37-year-old Kimiyo Shintani takes great pride in. Shintani's day centers around six giant pandas, including a 4-month-old female cub, kept at the Adventure World amusement park in the small resort ...

Eli Lilly said on Monday it will buy Loxo Oncology Inc. for $8 billion, an expensive bet on a pipeline of cancer drugs that target rare genetic mutations and the biggest acquisition in the drug-maker's 143-year history. The price represents a 68 percent premium to ...

A group of legislators from Canada on a visit to China pressed authorities on Monday to release two men who were detained last month but had little success, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp reported. Ottawa is demanding that China immediately free Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, ...

It's time to reduce the political power of Japan's dwindling rural, primary-sector interests.

Who was up and who was down in Asia in the year that just ended?

Islandology is spreading globally as other nations recognize the world is a single closed ecosystem.

The U.S.-China trade war may lead to broader damage, as tit-for-tat tariffs reduce overall exports, undermine total global trade flows and impede world economic growth.

Before substantive denuclearization can progress, the U.S. needs to adopt measures toward reconciliation with both Pyongyang and the North Korean people.

In a scoop for Tokyo, Theatre Cocoon in Shibuya Ward is set to mark the new year with the world premiere of a new production of Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" in an original production by English director Phillip Breen with a ...

The exploration of the subject of ruins — their romanticization and fantasization — raises questions about the relationship between art, beauty and disaster.

Jan. 12-March 24 When the modern education system in Japan was established during the Meiji Era (1868-1912), the first school facilities were architecturally based on Western-style buildings. Throughout the ages, schools developed to steel-reinforced concrete buildings, with the introduction of open-classroom teaching during the 1970s. This ...

Jan. 11-March 24 Soetsu Yanagi (1889-1961), a scholar who specialized in the philosophy of religion, was also a theorist and aesthetician credited for spearheading the mingei (Japanese folk crafts) movement. He is recognized as one of the first people to acknowledge the beauty and skill ...

Jan. 12- Feb. 24 On Nov. 4, 1830, the first issue of Caricature, edited by Charles Philipon (1800-61), was published in Paris. The groundbreaking weekly magazine, which launched after the July Revolution, was originally a simple publication of illustrations. However, it quickly adopted a political ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider reviving a lawsuit by 102-year-old Oscar-winning actress Olivia de Havilland accusing a Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. unit of falsely portraying her in a miniseries about a famous Hollywood feud. The justices let stand a lower court ...

Wrestling icon Saori Yoshida said Tuesday she will close the curtain on her decorated career. "I have decided to end my 33-year career as a competitive wrestler," Yoshida, a three-time Olympic champion, said on Twitter. "I have been able to do my best as an active ...

Nagoya Grampus said Tuesday that former Japan international goalkeeper Seigo Narazaki has announced his retirement following a record 631 games in the J. League first division. The 42-year-old was a member of four World Cup squads and played all four of the Samurai Blue's games ...

Joy, elation, exuberance. To be sure, those emotions were apparent in Kei Nishikori in the moments after he won his first ATP title in 2 years, 10 months and 23 days on Sunday. But most of all, the world No. 9 looked relieved. Relieved to have ...

Yokohama F. Marinos defender Yuji Nakazawa, who played in two World Cups for Japan, has decided to retire, the J. League first division side announced Tuesday. The 40-year-old center back played for Japan at the 2006 World Cup in Germany and 2010 edition in South ...