In a little-noticed tweet Sunday, a U.S. State Department spokeswoman delivered an unusually blunt criticism of South Korea's decision to pull out of an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, saying that the move endangers American troops. "We are deeply disappointed and concerned that the ROK's government ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said the prospects for a deal with China are better now than at any time since negotiations began last year, even as a top state-media editor in Beijing questioned his version of events. Speaking at the Group of Seven meetings in ...

Nissan Motor Co.'s premium brand Infiniti said it has named Taisuke Nakamura as its new design chief, replacing Karim Habib who resigned from the post. Canadian designer Habib, who spent only about two years in the role, is the latest non-Japanese senior executive to have ...

A museum in Hokkaido is holding a rare exhibition on the culture of the Sami, an indigenous people of northern Europe and Russia, displaying some 140 items including their craftworks through Oct. 14. Such an exhibition focused on their culture is very rare, according to ...

Boyan Slat, 25, is an ambitious social entrepreneur. His goal: Reduce 90 percent of an estimated 80 million kg of plastic waste in the Pacific Ocean, covering an area more than three times the size of France, by 2040. And do it with a ...

In Hong Kong, what began as a peaceful demonstration against a contentious extradition law has descended into a violent police crackdown and engulfed the former British colony in a symbolic fight against China's authoritarian rule. Protesters show no sign of backing down after more than ...

The host city’s mayor has made such decommissioning a condition for approving the restarts of two other reactors at the plant.

Indonesia will build a new capital city on the island of Borneo, home to some of the world's biggest coal reserves and orangutan habitats, as President Joko Widodo seeks to ease pressure on congested and sinking Jakarta. The new administrative headquarters will be situated between ...

The foreign debt built up by Chinese companies is about a third bigger than official data show, adding to the pressure on the country's currency reserves as a wave of repayment obligations approaches in 2020. On top of the $2 trillion in liabilities to foreign ...

The pact spells out a small win for Japan and a big win for the U.S. that would slash Tokyo’s tariffs on American farm products.

Buses, taxis, trucks and pre-registered assistive vehicles for people with disabilities will be exempt from the surcharge.

A woman in her 20s was confirmed dead after being hit on her head by a falling stone while climbing Mount Fuji, Japan's highest peak, local police said Monday. An ambulance was called at around 7 a.m., reporting that the woman climbing in a group ...

Police investigating the death of a Tama Zoological Park zookeeper, in the city of Hino in western Tokyo, suspect the man may have been killed by a rhinoceros under his care. The incident occurred Sunday morning, and was reported to the Metropolitan Police Department's Hino ...

Millions of years after the ancestors of humans evolved to lose their tails, researchers at Keio University have built a robotic one they say could help unsteady elderly people keep their balance. Dubbed Arque, the gray 1-meter device mimics tails that cheetahs and other animals ...

In a break in summit talks Sunday afternoon, cameras caught British Prime Minister Boris Johnson congratulating his French host on his handling of a tense dinner the night before. “Well played,” Johnson told President Emmanuel Macron, breaking, momentarily, into French. Conversations between U.S. President Donald ...

With the support of four opposition parties, former Upper House lawmaker Motohiro Ono defeated on Sunday a candidate fielded by the ruling bloc in the Saitama gubernatorial election. The election, in which three other newcomers ran, was a de facto duel between Ono, a 55-year-old ...

Australia plans to block websites to stop the spread of extreme content during "crisis events," Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said. Speaking from the Group of Seven gathering in Biarritz, southwest France, on Sunday, Morrison said the measures are needed in response to the deadly ...

More than a quarter of Japanese municipalities have expressed concerns about potential problems resulting from an anticipated surge in the number of visitors to the country from overseas, a survey showed Sunday. While the central government has seen the tourism boom in recent years as ...

As one of the world's most important trade and business hubs, Hong Kong was always going to struggle this year because of the escalating U.S.-China tariff war. But after three months of anti-government protests, the semi-autonomous Chinese city, a shopper's paradise and gourmet destination for ...

Hong Kong police said on Monday they arrested 36 people, the youngest aged 12, after violence during anti-government demonstrations escalated as protesters hurled Molotov cocktails at security forces who responded with water cannon and tear gas. Sunday's protests saw some of the fiercest clashes yet ...

President Donald Trump suggested dropping nuclear bombs on hurricanes before they made landfall in the United States, Axios reported Sunday. During a hurricane briefing, Trump asked if it were possible to disrupt hurricanes forming off the coast of Africa by dropping a nuclear bomb in ...

One man had three assault rifles, extra-large magazines and a gas mask. Another had over 18 weapons, including sawed-off shotguns, AR-15s and a grenade launcher. Earlier this year, the two might not have drawn the attention of U.S. law enforcement. But ever since a young racist ...

Donald Trump's top aides Sunday downplayed the idea of U.S. companies being forced to abandon China anytime soon, as an edict from the president ordering businesses to start looking for alternatives has been met with skepticism. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House economics adviser ...

At the height of Sudan's Darfur war in 2004 — then the world's worst conflict — an American nurse tended to a baby injured in the leg. Fifteen years later, she was miraculously reunited with him on a migrant rescue ship working in the ...

The South Korean decision will potentially derail the traditional tripartite security alliance mechanism that has stabilized Northeast Asia for the past seven decades.

Tokyo's international competitiveness will decrease further unless drastic measures are taken to improve its infrastructure.

With modern life getting ever more hectic, yoga and meditation are popular ways to unwind, and knowing the terminology will help you de-stress.

Using "ni shite" can help describe someone or something who stands out from the norm or can be used to highlight a surprising fact.

We look at rising numbers of female workers in Japan and the country's unemployment rate.

Seven & I Holdings Co. says it will scrap a smartphone payment service just one month after launching it to allow security issues to be addressed in the wake of a hacking.

With the FIBA World Cup just around the corner, the Japan men's national team will head to China with confidence, but also with some issues that need to be fixed. The squad played a series of warm-up games against New Zealand, Argentina, Germany and Tunisia ...

If you went out in search of a dedicated Japanese baseball card enthusiast, you might not think to look in Maryland. The "Old Line State," however, is where you'd find Dave McNeely, a 54-year-old computer programmer who, by his estimate, has collected over 60,000 baseball ...

Takakeisho will have one shot at regaining his status at sumo's second-highest rank, provided he is fit enough to compete, after the latest rankings released by the Japan Sumo Association saw the fan-favorite wrestler demoted to sekiwake on Monday. The Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at ...

Kento Momota, Wakana Nagahara and Mayu Matsumoto became the first Japanese to repeat as badminton world champions on Sunday. On the final day of the world championships, Nagahara and Matsumoto made history by defending the women's doubles title they won last year in China. The ...