A number of Japanese firms are anxiously watching developments after Tokyo ends preferential treatment for exports of key materials to South Korea.

Iran said on Sunday it is fully prepared to enrich uranium at any level and with any amount, in further defiance of U.S. efforts to squeeze the country with sanctions and force it to renegotiate a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. In a news ...

The body of an 18-year-old female university student is found stuffed inside a refrigerator at her father’s confectionery shop in Tokyo, and the body of the father is later found hanging from a tree in Saitama Prefecture.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Perhaps that used to be true, back in a time when a single photograph could feed a starving nation like Dorothea Lange's "Migrant Mother," or condemn war like Nick Ut's "Napalm Girl," or capture the burning ...

A year after Chizuo Matsumoto, who headed the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, was hanged, his ashes remain at the Tokyo Detention House due to a family dispute.

The founder of a dog-care service near Tokyo hopes her business will help owners with the challenges they face caring for aging pets.

In this teeming capital city of more than 20 million people, a worsening drought is amplifying the vast inequality between India's rich and poor. The politicians, civil servants and corporate lobbyists who live in substantial houses and apartments in central Delhi pay very little to ...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte pledged to continue his war against drugs in his final three years in office despite international calls for a probe into the rising death toll. "Do not destroy my country for the three years that I am still here," Duterte said ...

Kim Darroch, the British ambassador to the U.S., described President Donald Trump as "inept" and "incompetent" in diplomatic memos to his bosses at the U.K. Foreign Office, the Mail on Sunday reported. The newspaper reported that Darroch used cables and briefing notes to comment on ...

Over the next week, Southern California has only a 27 percent chance of experiencing a third earthquake greater than magnitude 6, but a 96 percent chance of going through a tremor of magnitude 5 or higher. Those precise probabilities were generated by scientists at the ...

With Japan expecting approximately 400,000 overseas visitors for the 2019 Rugby World Cup set to begin in September, hot-spring resorts across the country are faced with the ever-present issue of how to handle customers who have tattoos. According to a 2015 Japan Tourism Agency survey, ...

Japan's experience doesn't prove that Modern Monetary Theory works, as some have argued. But increasing deficit-financed spending, in Japan and elsewhere, may still have merit, despite inflationary risks.

Bringing the troops home is a laudable goal — if you have a plan to do it in a way that doesn't harm national security.

Sanjeev Sinha prides himself on being a pioneer. The longtime Japan resident is hoping that he can help Japan and India to pioneer a relationship that better benefits not only both countries, but also the greater global community.

Nature takes precedence in Shigeru Ban's unusual design for Shishi- Iwa House, a resort hotel in Karuizawa designed to encourage human interaction within luxury minimalism.

When looking for a salary boost at your job it's important to remember that individual effort is appreciated but not necessarily rewarded.

This beautiful Japanese spitz is as charming and adorable as he looks. As if that weren't enough, his name is Totoro, after the famous anime character, the friendly spirit of the forest. This Totoro came to ARK last December when his elderly owner could no ...

Chris Marrero drove in the winning runs on Sunday as the Orix Buffaloes claimed a 5-2 come-from-behind victory over the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks to end the Pacific League leaders' nine-game win streak. The Buffaloes struggled against Hawks' starter Yuki Matsumoto at Kyocera Dome before a ...

Promoted Matsumoto Yamaga held Consadole Sapporo to a 1-1 draw thanks to some good work from keeper Tatsuya Morita on Sunday. The hosts took the lead seven minutes in at Sapporo Dome, when Kosuke Shirai knocked in the rebound after a Jay Bothroyd header hit ...

Yokozuna Hakuho survived a scare against new komusubi Abi on Sunday to open the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament with a win and start off strong in his campaign for a record-extending 43rd championship. On the first day of action at Dolphins Arena, Hakuho was taken ...

Washington Wizards first-round draft pick Rui Hachimura competed in his first NBA Summer League game on Saturday, contributing to the team’s 84-79 win over the New Orleans Pelicans at Thomas and Mack Center. The 21-year-old forward, playing for the first time since his final appearance ...

Former Japanese national record holder Yuta Shitara set a race record to win the Gold Coast Marathon on Sunday. The 27-year-old finished the men's race in 2 hours, 7 minute, 50 seconds, shaving almost one minute off the previous record set in 2015 by Kenyan ...