Japan and the United States are in the final stages of talks on leaving the possibility open that Washington will remove its 2.5 percent tariffs on vehicle imports from Japan in the future, when the two countries sign a bilateral trade agreement later this ...

Japan may not bring much more than past promises to U.N. Climate Action Summit.

Young climate change activists demanded a greater role in decision-making Saturday as they met leaders at U.N. headquarters, saying that their growing voice on the streets has yet to earn them a seat at the political table. "The decisions about our future are still being ...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to place less conservative members of his ruling party in important posts related to amending the Constitution.

Kizuna Ai, the most popular streamer in Japan, is an anatomically exaggerated, perpetually adolescent girl in frilly thigh-high socks and a pink hair ribbon. She's also an entirely virtual character, given life by the actions and voice of an invisible actress. In the home of ...

Put together the best solar panels money can buy, superefficient batteries and decades of carmaking know-how and, theoretically, a vehicle might run forever. That's the audacious motivation behind a project by Toyota Motor Corp., Sharp Corp. and the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization ...

Just as Japan braces itself for a hike in the sales tax to 10 percent on Oct. 1, one of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's would-be rivals is calling for it to be abolished altogether. Taro Yamamoto, a former actor who is now the leader of ...

Due to its graying society and shortage of drivers, Japan quickly needs to get an autonomous transportation system put into place.

Hong Kong is a "police state" where officers — once dubbed "Asia's finest" — are conducting abuses in the service of the city's pro-Beijing leadership, prominent voices in the global financial hub's weekslong protest movement said Saturday. The comments came as riot police and demonstrators ...

AI could conceivably eliminate the need for human labor in production and allow people to immerse themselves in intellectual activities.

As regulators wake up to the threat of this technology, governments are pushing back with an unconvincing public-safety defense

Malaysian Ambassador Dato' Kennedy Jawan is an experienced man of the open road with wisdom and practical advice for any aspiring or current world travelers.

Nestled between the traditional buildings of Turkey's city of Eskisehir, Kengo Kuma & Associates' design of the new Odunpazari Modern Museum is a love letter to Seljuk, Ottoman and Turkish history.

Illustrator Christine Mari Inzer used her talent for drawing as a way to process identity in her homeland.

Eight-year-old Naomi came to ARK when her elderly owner could no longer care for her. She is named after famed tennis player Naomi Osaka, but any similarities beyond the name are hard to find. Her penchant for food has given her the figure of ...

Clad in an array of capes, masks, pointy elf ears and spectacular face paint, comics fans gathered in South Africa's biggest city this weekend for the second edition of Comic Con Africa. Dressed as their favorite superhero, fans of cosplay — a portmanteau for costume ...

Twenty-five years ago, Chris Wells, a 27-year-old American raised in Missouri, faced Jun Imai, a young Japanese method actor from Tokyo who was on his way to becoming a leading authority on improv in Japan. "We met at an improv show in Tokyo," Imai ...

Anew urban culture project in the city of Halle, 170 kilometers southwest of Berlin, hopes to promote social cohesion by transforming architectural sins into monumental masterpieces.

Japan won its first group world championship in rhythmic gymnastics on Sunday, capturing the group five balls competition along with a silver in three hoops and two clubs. Japan's entry in the group competition, "Fairy Japan", won the nation's first silver medal in the group ...

Yuki Yanagita and Yurisbel Gracial each drove in a pair of runs as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks closed to within one game of the Pacific League-leading Saitama Seibu Lions on Sunday with a 6-5 win over the Orix Buffaloes. Yanagita singled in the Hawks' second ...

Hinako Shibuno, who this summer became the second Japanese golfer to capture an overseas major tournament, matched a Japan LPGA tour record by overcoming an eight-stroke deficit on Sunday to win the Descente Ladies Tokai Classic. Starting the day in 20th place, eight strokes off ...

Mitakeumi defeated fellow sekiwake Takakeisho in a dramatic playoff on Sunday to win the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament and claim his second top-division championship while denying Takakeisho the same. The 26-year-old from Dewanoumi stable hoisted the Emperor's Cup for the second time in his five-year ...

Japan finished runner-up in the group all-around competition at the rhythmic gymnastics world championships in Baku on Saturday to match the country's best result and claim its first silver medal in 44 years. The team of Rie Matsubara, Sayuri Sugimoto, Nanami Takenaka, Ayuka Suzuki, Kiko ...