According to the health ministry, only seven influenza cases were reported in the two weeks to Sept. 13.

The consulting firm in Singapore received a total of ¥230 million from the bid committee in 2013, in payments made before and after Tokyo was selected to host the games.

The estimated number of people aged 65 or older stood at 36.17 million after adding 300,000 from a year earlier, an internal affairs ministry survey showed.

It will be the first such demonstration project assumed to be subject to the Japanese government's carbon dioxide emission trading program.

U.S.-Japan alliance seen as focal point of the new prime minister's one-on-one talks with Trump, but questions remain over whether Suga will be able to preserve the status quo.

Monday’s figure brought the cumulative number of people infected with the virus in the capital to 24,306.

Ant’s simultaneous listing in Hong Kong and Shanghai may mark the biggest IPO ever, topping Saudi Aramco’s record $29 billion sale.

Some believe what appealed most to Yoshihide Suga about Katsunobu Kato, the new chief Cabinet secretary, is how much he resembles the new prime minister.

Book by journalist Bob Woodward details scores of instances that highlight the unease felt by top U.S. officials amid the 'fire and fury' of the 2017 crisis.

An all-out fight over the issue could further alienate the more moderate suburban voters both sides are competing for.

The video, released on the People's Liberation Army Air Force Weibo account, came as China carried out a second day of drills near Chinese-claimed Taiwan.

Although Muslim women can freely wear the hijab in most settings in Singapore, some professions bar the headscarf.

Before the pandemic, Africa, as a "last frontier," had attracted investment from the rest of the world and continued steady economic growth.

China's ByteDance said on Monday that TikTok's global business will become its subsidiary, even as Oracle Corp. and Walmart Inc. said over the weekend that they and U.S. investors would own the majority of the video app following a deal with U.S. President Donald ...

The survey showed the older people get, the more likely that they prefer their current jobs.

The more than 2,100 suspicious activity reports filed by major U.S. and international banks relate to more than $2 trillion of transactions between 1999 and 2017.

The latest actions come as Beijing seeks to deter Taipei from continuing to deepen ties with the U.S. and other like-minded democracies.

Opposition politicians in the territory are facing calls to resign en masse in protest against Beijing's moves.

The coronavirus pandemic has, though, opened the door to new, progressive policies to help tackle climate change.

Two Republican senators have registered their opposition to any rushed vote to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Is Boeing Co. capable of making commercial aircraft at all? It’s worth asking after an excoriating report by a U.S. congressional committee on the circumstances leading up to the fatal crashes of two 737 MAX planes. The accidents were "the horrific culmination of a series ...

It could be that the golden era of U.K. relations with China is set to be replaced by a golden era of relations with Japan.

Once links between medicine and economics are pinpointed, fascinating policy ideas begin to emerge.

Bob Tobin couldn't speak a lick of Japanese. Hitoshi Ohashi couldn't speak any English. Still, they made things work.

In honor of Respect for the Aged Day on Sept. 21, here are some heartwarming films to watch with the more mature people in your life.

After relinquishing the sole lead a day earlier, Takakeisho fended off shoves from No. 5 maegashira Kiribayama.

The two leagues said they’d remain vigilant in order to safely complete the remainder of their respective 2020 campaigns.

The Orix Buffaloes looked good last week. They also played reasonably well too, winning four of their seven games, despite ending on a losing note. The struggling Pacific League outfit went into its past for a couple of games last week, playing a series in Kobe ...