A record number of women are set to enter India's Parliament after a marathon election that returned Prime Minister Narendra Modi to power, initial results showed Friday. With most of the counting complete, 78 of the 542 seats in the Lower House of Parliament were ...

McDonald’s Co.’s Japan unit was ordered to pay ¥21.7 million for improperly labeling ingredients for a burger and a muffin, the Consumer Affairs Agency said Friday. When the fast-food chain sold its Tokyo Roast Beef Burger and Tokyo Roast Beef Muffin products for two months ...

North Korea said Friday that nuclear talks with the United States "will never be resumed" unless Washington halts what Pyongyang said were "hostile acts" and demands of "unilateral disarmament," warning of a "fiercer" response if this continues. In a statement carried by the North's official ...

President Donald Trump said Thursday that U.S. complaints against Huawei Technologies Co. might be resolved within the framework of a U.S.-China trade deal, while at the same time calling the Chinese telecommunications giant "very dangerous." Washington last week effectively banned U.S. firms from doing business ...

When U.S. President Donald Trump arrives with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to take in live sumo wrestling on Sunday at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, security will be beefed up to its highest level — with bodyguards even on alert to protect the president ...

Amazon Japan has suspended direct online sales of Huawei Technologies Co. products after Washington last week blacklisted the Chinese communications giant, sources close to the matter said Friday. The e-commerce titan's move came as major Japanese mobile phone service operators such as KDDI Corp. and ...

The government downgrades its assessment of the economy, citing a slowdown in China’s economy and the ongoing China-U.S. trade war.

More than four years after a much-ballyhooed entry into mobile gaming, industry giant Nintendo Co. remains bereft of a monster smartphone hit. But the wait may finally be over. Mario Kart Tour, set to launch this summer, has had gamers' attention since it was announced ...

Nomura Holdings Inc.’s CEO will take a pay cut to assume responsibility for improper handling of stock market information by employees.

Core consumer prices rose 0.9 percent in April from a year earlier due to robust demand for overseas package tours and rising energy prices, government data showed Friday. The core consumer price index, which excludes volatile fresh food items, increased for the 28th straight month ...

Twenty-seven people were rescued from human trafficking in Japan in 2018, of whom two-thirds were Japanese, with the figure falling from 46 the previous year, a government report showed Friday. Eighteen of the victims were Japanese, while five were Filipinos and four were Thais. Only ...

Japan has established itself as the single most important ally for the U.S. in the region — and arguably in the world.

What should you do when you meet the emperor? With visiting U.S. President Donald Trump set to meet newly crowned Emperor Naruhito on Monday, it's a question that may cross the American leader's mind. Should one shake hands? Or perhaps bow? After the rites, rituals, and regalia ...

The Osaka High Court on Friday upheld the death penalty imposed on a 72-year-old woman dubbed Japan's "black widow" for murdering her husband and two common-law partners with poison to inherit money and escape debt. In handing down the sentence to Chisako Kakehi, presiding Judge ...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering visiting Iran in June for talks with its leadership in a bid to help ease escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran, government sources said Friday. Abe is expected to make a final decision after consulting with U.S. President Donald ...

Japan enacted legislation Friday to promote the reduction of food waste, with the aim of cutting down on the over 6 million tons of still-edible food discarded annually. Under the legislation, sponsored by a cross-party group of lawmakers, the central government will formulate a basic ...

Defeated Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto is set to lodge a challenge to the result of the April 17 election in the Constitutional Court on Friday after complaining that the vote was rigged. President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo won 55.5 percent of votes in the poll ...

The net balance of external assets held by the Japanese government, companies and individual investors stood at ¥341.56 trillion ($3.11 trillion) at the end of 2018, remaining the world's largest for the 28th consecutive year, the Finance Ministry said Friday. The figure, up 3.7 percent ...

Japan turns up the heat on South Korea in a dispute over compensation for wartime labor, but is unable to convince Seoul to accept its request for arbitration.

Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, was eerily calm on Thursday morning after two nights of deadly clashes between protesters and police that left seven dead and hundreds injured. The unusually subdued mood in what is normally a frenetic and noisy urban sprawl of more than 30 million ...

Thousands of children born in Colombia to Venezuelan mothers are stuck in legal limbo with no identity documents, putting them at risk of statelessness, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) warned on Thursday. Nearly 1.3 million Venezuelans have settled in neighboring Colombia, fleeing a political ...

The Federal Aviation Administration is meeting with international air regulators from around the world on Thursday to determine what is needed to return the grounded Boeing Co 737 Max to return it to service. Senior FAA officials will give detailed descriptions of the findings to ...

Queen Elizabeth saw the ticket from her first long-haul flight after her coronation when she visited British Airways' Heathrow headquarters on Thursday to mark the airline's centenary. The ticket was for a trip to Jamaica with her husband, Philip, in November 1953. "Name of passenger: ...

Modi's landslide win will help cement Asia's fastest growing relationship.

Voters trust their strongman over the liberal elite's gentleman for tackling India's most pressing problems.

Coinciding with the 58th Venice Biennale in Italy, the Karuizawa New Art Museum (KaNAM) Venice branch is holding an exhibition in a corner of the city’s Piazza San Marco through Nov. 24. While the world’s oldest large-scale art festival sees 89 countries present their ...

Daisuke Takahashi, Kaori Sakamoto, Mai Mihara, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Bradie Tennell. These are just some of the prominent skaters who have chosen to work with rising choreographer Benoit Richaud over the past few years. Now two more names can be added to the list, and one is ...

The first several weeks of the NPB season had many wondering how it was possible for the Hiroshima Carp to start off so slowly. Now the question is this: How on earth can anyone slow them down? Xavier Batista hit two home runs, Seiya Suzuki and ...

It's the 86th running of the Japanese Derby (or the Tokyo Yushun as it's known in Japan) this coming Sunday, and the race will be run at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, just a short distance away from the hustle and bustle of the city ...

Competition can be a blessing. Just ask Manami Fujioka and Sanae Motokawa. While they are getting into tough battles to compete for roster spots on Japan's 2020 Olympic roster, Fujioka and Motokawa are delighted to be running up and down the court at training camp for ...

On a sunny afternoon last Sunday, more than 60,000 people witnessed Loves Only You, ridden by Mirco Demuro, win the Japanese Oaks at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu. The race, 11th of the day's 12, was scheduled to start at 3:40 p.m, but fans filled ...

Rank-and-file wrestler Asanoyama seized the sole lead at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday with a controversial win over sekiwake Tochinoshin, as Kakuryu dropped off the pace by losing to ozeki Takayasu. Yokozuna Kakuryu, who is aiming for a sixth top-level championship, dropped to ...

Amanaki Lelei Mafi will spearhead the Sunwolves attack against the Melbourne Rebels at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground on Saturday as the hosts look to play kingmaker in Super Rugby's Australian Conference. Mafi played 30 games over two seasons for the Rebels before leaving last ...

Japan manager Hajime Moriyasu on Friday named a young and inexperienced squad for the upcoming Copa America in Brazil, giving a preview of his potential lineup for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Seventeen-year-old FC Tokyo star Takefusa Kubo headlines a host of newcomers who will ...

Sumo might be Japan's national sport, but for most of the last two decades it has been dominated by Mongolians. From November 2002, when Ulaanbaatar native Asashoryu won his first Emperor's Cup, to January 2016, when Kotoshogiku broke a 10-year title drought for Japan-born rikishi, ...

Morinari Watanabe, the Japanese head of the International Gymnastics Federation, understands what it means to stick the landing. As the newly appointed boss of an IOC task force formed to deliver the boxing competition at the Tokyo Olympics, he'll have to complete what may be ...