The government airplane carrying Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was hit by a minor fire in the kitchen section during its flight to Thailand on Sunday afternoon, but no one was injured. A steam oven in the area, near the tail, caught fire but was put ...

Former U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian are among 136 people to be recognized in this year's autumn decorations for notable contributions to relations with Japan, the government said Sunday. The foreign recipients, hailing from 65 countries and Taiwan, ...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe leaves to attend a series of summits related to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership free trade pact.

Japan's National Security Council has launched a team in charge of economic affairs in response to alleged intellectual property violations and technology theft by China, as well as cyberattacks by North Korea. The grouping, currently comprised of 10 officials, is expected to be elevated to ...

As the Pentagon hunts for sites to deploy missiles against a rising China, Okinawa's governor is warning the U.S. to steer clear of his prefecture. Gov. Denny Tamaki said in an interview Friday that any U.S. attempt to base intermediate-range ballistic missiles in Okinawa will ...

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam will discuss how to make it easier for people in the Chinese-ruled city, rocked by violent anti-China protests overnight, to live and work on the mainland, her office said Sunday. Lam, despised by pro-democracy protesters in the former British colony, ...

It's no secret that U.S. President Donald Trump views alliances with a skeptical eye. Trump, who fancies himself a dealmaker, has repeatedly called for allies around the world to shoulder more of the costs of their partnerships with the United States. Japan — despite Trump's ...

Despite faltering denuclearization talks, U.S. President Donald Trump has been heaping praise on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, brushing away concerns by top Asian allies over recent missile launches and boasting of his "very good" relationship with the dictator of the nuclear-armed pariah ...

After coming under fire for dropping the movie, a film festival in Kawasaki decides to show a documentary on the highly controversial issue of Japan’s wartime military brothels.

Park Chol-hee was working a holiday shift at Samsung Heavy Industries' Geoje shipyard on Labor Day in 2017 when a giant crane collided with another and crashed to ground, killing six people, including Park's younger brother. "It was as if a bomb was dropped," Park ...

China has launched an ambitious effort to challenge the U.S. dominance in blockchain technology, which it could use for everything from issuing digital money to streamlining a raft of government services to tracking Communist Party loyalty. The technology received a crucial endorsement from President Xi ...

Toyota Motor Corp. and weather information provider Weathernews Inc. have started tests to improve the accuracy of rain forecasts by using real-time data from networked cars' windshield wipers. In the tests, which began Friday in Tokyo, Osaka and Aichi Prefecture, Weathernews receives data on wiper ...

Hong Kong awoke to what is expected to be a day of relative calm on Sunday following a violent night in which protesters set fire to metro stations and vandalized buildings, including an office of China's official Xinhua News Agency. More than 200 people were ...

Documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice on Saturday indicated that a top adviser to then-candidate Donald Trump said as early as the summer of 2016 that Ukraine, not Russia, was behind a hack of Democratic party emails. Trump and his surrogates have suggested ...

Japan could represent an alternative path for growth and defining economic success.

Can the region's democracies survive the escalating protests that dashed economic expectations are fueling?

Since arriving back in Japan in 2015, Ben Jennings, or B.J. Fox as he is known professionally, has built up an impressive body of work.

As more people get involved in social entrepreneurships abroad, the number of people reporting overwork, financial troubles and burnout is rising

Hideo Kojima's much anticipated Death Stranding, the latest in the Persona series and a sneak preview of Nintendo's new Tokyo store

It seems like a good idea, move to the country and focus on Japanese. And it works, it just depends on what kind of Japanese you want to learn.

A video of an altercation in a Starbucks involving a black man, Japanese staff and a non-Japanese bystander will likely further nasty stereotypes.

Popular boy band Arashi, which announced it was going on hiatus at the end of next year, said Sunday it will hold two concerts at the new National Stadium in May, as part of scheduled events aimed at uplifting the mood for the 2020 ...

With collaboration between nations increasing, the U.S. is seeing new opportunities in its anime market

Australia and England took their storied sports rivalry to another level — and another century — this weekend as the two nations faced off in a jousting tournament, won by the Australian side Sunday. Dubbed the "Ashes" of jousting — a reference to the historic ...

The Yokohama B-Corsairs were outplayed in all facets of Saturday's game except rebounding — they held a 38-36 edge in that category. It all added up to a convincing victory for the Shiga Lakestars. Then on Sunday, the tables were turned. Yokohama recorded a 79-58 victory, ...

Takashi Usami scored either side of the break to lift Gamba Osaka to a 3-0 win at Shonan Bellmare in the J. League first division on Sunday. The win moved Gamba into ninth place on 38 points, seven clear of the relegation zone, where Bellmare ...

Despite feeling the bitter disappointment of a loss to South Africa in the Rugby World Cup final on Saturday, England head coach Eddie Jones said he was delighted to see how the tournament had helped improve the game in Japan. "I think the game of ...

World Rugby Chairman Bill Beaumont complimented Japan on Sunday, saying the "wonderful, humble and history-making" Rugby World Cup 2019 hosts succeeded in putting together the greatest showpiece event in the history of the sport. A day after Asia's first World Cup closed with South Africa ...

Pride, sadness and hope were in the air as thousands of mostly Japanese fans watched the final Rugby World Cup match.

England competed in the exact number of matches it entered the Rugby World Cup hoping to play. But the English left the tournament feeling "massive disappointment," after falling short in the final. That much was easy to see from the demeanor of some of the ...

South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus expressed hope that his team's victory in the Rugby World Cup final against England on Saturday can inspire his nation, but dismissed the notion that the Springboks were under pressure at the tournament. "In South Africa, pressure is not ...