China's military has received the green light to use a COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by its research unit and CanSino Biologics after clinical trials proved it was safe and showed some efficacy, the company said on Monday. The Ad5-nCoV is one of China's eight vaccine ...

Minors have been directly targeted, punished as proxies, or victims of mistaken identity, the report said.

The strict entry rules have been met with strong criticism from the expatriate community and foreign business lobby groups.

The decline was worse than the previous record fall of 60.1 percent in April 2011, when a massive earthquake and tsunami struck northeastern Japan.

A lower court had ruled in favor of the man but Twitter Inc. appealed the ruling.

The quokkas will go on display starting Wednesday for a couple of hours a day.

It appears the incumbent’s strategy — taking advantage of her popularity by running a defensive campaign — is working.

Remarks come as Tokyo reports fourth-straight day of 50-plus coronavirus infections.

CEO and President Shinya Katanozaka is relying on credit worth ¥1 trillion to recover from a record ¥58.7 billion loss in the first fiscal quarter.

The 5G technology will enable the transmission of large amounts of data at extremely high speeds.

The second dual carrier exercise in a week comes amid a flurry of U.S. and Chinese military activity in Western Pacific.

Japan's biggest automaker also said its global sales fell 31.8 percent to 576,508 vehicles in the reporting month.

Trump's detailed descriptions of life in America today run so counter to reality that even some of his allies are urging him to change course.

Fighting erupted in Taiwan's parliament Monday as lawmakers from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) broke through barricades erected by the main opposition Kuomintang (KMT), who had occupied it to protest against government "tyranny." Taiwan is a rambunctious democracy and fights and protests inside the ...

Trudeau said such a decision would put other Canadians around the world at risk by showing that Ottawa can be influenced by "random arrests."

The U.S. president said in May he was considering inviting Russia, South Korea, Australia and India to an extended G7 leaders' meeting.

The couple married on June 29, 1990, after meeting at Gakushuin University in Tokyo.

Polish voters denied President Andrzej Duda’s bid for quick re-election, forcing him into a runoff that risks halting a nationalist makeover of the European country.

Without a new agreement, ties would be reduced to minimum standards set by the World Trade Organization, with high tariffs and disruptions to business.

Online interviews tended to be shorter than face-to-face meetings, as interviewers were not accustomed to them and asked less complex questions.

No single company can significantly dent growth at Facebook, but a rising tally adds to pressure on other brands to follow suit.

With more than 100 research projects underway to develop vaccines for the novel coronavirus, the United States, Europe and China have taken the lead.

When the coronavirus pandemic sent shares plunging, you didn’t have to be a professional investor to spot a buying opportunity. In fact, it might be better if you weren’t. The can’t-miss rise of equity markets around Asia is fueling the explosion of interest among retail ...

Consumption of whale meat, no longer often found on household dining tables, has not recovered smoothly.

Some analysts fear uncertainty about the economy and last year's tax hike could make consumers save more and spend less.

With some customers still cautious, libraries are employing a range of measures to help their service get back to normal.

Japan needs sophisticated thinking and a rich menu of options to deal with China: A purely hard-line approach is neither.

The TPP may once again gain attention as a multilateral agreement that complements the problem-plagued WTO.

On June 24, South Korea and the United States commemorated the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War. The two nations’ defense chiefs reaffirmed their commitment to the bilateral alliance, which “is built on mutual trust and shared values of freedom, democracy, ...

As our reliance on technology is laid bare, countries are faced with questions of what measures they can implement to help them survive.

Don't be too quick to equate experiencing discrimination in Japan with having to live under racist systems.

Odairi is a lovable tabby who had to be given up when his owner became ill. A "dignified and mature cat" at 12 years old, Odairi is currently in foster care and, after losing his best feline friend, is in serious need of some ...

British rock legends The Rolling Stones have threatened legal action against Donald Trump for the U.S. president's use of their song "You Can't Always Get What You Want" at campaign rallies. The band has appointed performing rights organization BMI to try to stop him using ...

Yuko Mitsuya's new term as the JBA president will run until September of 2021.

There was a lot of action on display in the first full week of NPB games.

Ema Ryan Yamazaki hopes to provide a new perspective of Japan's famous high school tournament when her documentary airs on ESPN.

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, the first NBA player to reportedly test positive for COVID-19 and who drew the ire of numerous people when the league initially suspended the season, says he is still not fully recovered more than three months after his original ...