South Korea has become the world's fastest-graying society with the lowest birth rate anywhere in 2020, according to the World Bank.

The package features a program in which low-income households with children will receive ¥50,000 in cash per child.

The volume for fiscal 2020 is believed to have topped 242,000 metric tons, beyond which safeguard measures are implemented.

Taniwaki, who had been touted as a candidate for vice minister, the top post for bureaucrats at the communications ministry, was found to have violated the ethics code for central government officials.

In a joint statement singling out Beijing, the top U.S. and Japanese diplomats and defense chiefs condemned China's "coercion and destabilizing behavior" in the region.

The six panel members include Tetsuro Tomita, chairman of East Japan Railway Co., and Atsushi Seike, former president of Keio University.

Some remote workers say they have been instructed to stay connected at home on their company phones or computers — even after hours.

Hong Kong authorities have ordered that anyone testing positive for the virus must go to a hospital, including babies.

With the country lagging behind the rest of the developed world on LGBTQ rights, hopes are high for a set of upcoming court rulings.

The world's No. 2 carmaker said on Monday it wants to have six battery cell factories operating in Europe by 2030.

The Japanese beermaker hopes the move, which it aims to complete by the end of 2024, will also help it to cut costs.

The figure was higher than the 290 cases reported a week earlier, marking the eighth straight day for which the new case number was higher than the week-before level.

Suga is being vaccinated as part of preparations to visit the U.S. next month, when he will become the first world leader to meet in person with President Joe Biden.

The extent of the damage at plants is not yet known, the company said.

Security forces shot dead at least 20 people on Monday after 74 killed a day earlier, according to an advocacy group.

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who is serving a two-and-half-year jail term in a penal colony outside Moscow, said Monday he was locked up in a "real concentration camp." His comments were the first confirmation of widespread reports that the Russian opposition politician would be spending ...

China’s top leader warned that Beijing will go after so-called "platform” companies that have amassed data and market power, a sign that the monthslong crackdown on the country’s internet sector is only just beginning. President Xi Jinping on Monday chaired a meeting of the communist ...

The measure may be necessary because the novel coronavirus mutates around once every two weeks, requiring tweaks to vaccines.

NASA wants to begin disengaging the station by the end of the decade, leaving a gap that the private sector and China hope to fill.

However, opinions are still divided among governors and experts over whether the situation has improved enough to lift the status.

Family members of Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang in the 1970s and 1980s have asked President Joe Biden's administration to look into the issue.

H.I.S. logged an operating loss of ¥11.68 billion and a net loss of ¥7.98 billion in the three months through January.

Kim Yo Jong slammed the United States and South Korea on Tuesday over ongoing joint military drills, in the first remarks by a high-level regime official aimed at the Biden administration.

Most major Japanese companies are scheduled to give their replies to demands from their unions on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants the U.K. to be at the forefront of a reinvigorated, rules-based international order based on cooperation and free trade.

Suspensions across Europe mark a U-turn for some countries that had previously said inoculations should continue while reports of serious blood clotting are investigated.

Recent developments offer grounds for optimism — a genuine shift might be taking place.

Trump’s “America First” was mostly posturing because he couldn’t deliver real improvements in the lives of his base.

Among the world’s rich countries, the U.S. has a middling COVID-19 death rate: better than the U.K. or Italy, worse than France or Sweden.

The departure of the tournament's lone yokozuna once again leaves the sport's three ozeki, who all ended Tuesday with 2-1 records, as the tournament's top headliners.

With support for the Tokyo Games still low, hopeful participants are taking to social media to push back against public perceptions that they are united with the event's organizers.

New York Giants safety Nate Ebner is keen to win a spot on the U.S. rugby sevens team for the Tokyo Olympics after failing to get on the podium with the squad in Rio. Ebner, who won the Super Bowl with the New England Patriots ...

Japan's premier rugby competition, long a favorite of Southern Hemisphere stars, is shifting its attention to European players in an effort to solidify its international appeal.

Sport's top court on Monday said that Russia would not be able to play the patriotic folk song "Katyusha" at major international competitions while its national anthem is banned over doping violations. Russia in December was excluded from the international stage for two years over ...

The globetrotting Samurai Blue star signed with local powerhouse Neftci after a planned move to Portugal fell apart in February due to that country's transfer regulations.

This year's Boston Marathon will be limited to 20,000 entrants in a bid allow greater social distancing throughout the course given the COVID-19 pandemic, race organizers said on Monday. The number of entrants being allowed for this year's race, scheduled to be held on Oct. ...

Former Nadeshiko Japan veteran Nahomi Kawasumi has confirmed she will not take part in the Tokyo Olympics torch relay this month after deciding to withdraw from the event last year due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic. Kawasumi, who plays for Sky Blue FC in ...

The decision by the 44-time winner will leave yet another grand tournament without a yokozuna following Kakuryu's decision to pull out late last week.