Researchers worldwide view Kobe as an example of a modern city where, in 1995, structures failed to perform the way engineers thought they would.

The seven-day average of daily new cases in the capital came to 422.7, up from 384.6 a week before, the metropolitan government said.

A South Korean appeals court has set the first hearing of a "comfort women" case for Nov. 25, after a lower court dismissed in April a damages lawsuit brought against Japan.

The paper, owned by now-jailed media tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai, has faced intense pressure from the government.

The two sides will finalize an agreement "as soon as possible,” after which arrangements will be made to let the ship leave Egypt

Honda has said publicly it will phase out sales of gasoline-powered cars completely, setting 2040 as the goal.

The announcement comes as Olympic officials marked one month until the pandemic-postponed games open in Tokyo on July 23.

Masayoshi Son isn’t letting go of the reins at SoftBank Group Corp. anytime soon, even as the founder tells shareholders he’s taking the issue of his succession seriously.

Any meeting would be a sign the governments of the world’s biggest economies may be taking steps toward easing tensions.

The number of ticket holders will be reduced by some 910,000 people to a total of 2.72 million, and the results of a lottery will be announced on July 6.

The latest decision on a more than century-old provision based on the Civil Code and the family register law dismissed requests filed by three couples to keep their separate surnames.

Kansai Electric Power Co. restarted the No. 3 reactor at its Mihama station in Fukui Prefecture on Wednesday.

Australia's largest city of Sydney re-introduced "soft touch" COVID-19 curbs on Wednesday to contain a widening outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant, mandating masks in offices while neighboring states closed their borders. New Zealand raised the alert level in its capital of Wellington over ...

One has been placed in an incubator while the other is being looked after by its mother, Ueno zoo said.

The training, approved by the State Department, underscores the perils of military partnerships with repressive governments.

The latest mission comes around a week after Taiwan said 28 Chinese air force aircraft entered Taiwan's air defense identification zone in the largest reported incursion to date.

Rising seas, driven by melting glaciers and polar ice and by the expansion of warming oceans, threaten low-lying communities from the Pacific islands to U.S. cities.

China's authoritarian leaders have used the law to stamp out dissent in Hong Kong after the city was convulsed by huge and often violent democracy protests in 2019.

Tachibana's work is often credited with having played a major role in bringing down the late Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, Japan’s most powerful leader in the postwar era.

The milestone was achieved on June 14, according to data compiled using figures released from the Prime Minister’s Office on Wednesday.

Policy choices made now, like promoting plant-based diets, can limit these health consequences — but many are simply unavoidable in the short term, the report says.

While the original meaning of the Olympics was “not fully communicated” in recent years, Tokyo 2020 presents an opportunity for the event to return to its roots, Seiko Hashimoto said.

Repeatedly dubbed the happiest nation on the planet with world-beating living standards, Finland should be deluged by people wanting to relocate, but in fact it faces an acute workforce shortage. "It's now widely acknowledged that we need a spectacular number of people to come to ...

In its draft recommendations, the panel called on universities to promote the use of private-sector English tests for their own entrance exams.

As most Cambodians struggled to make a living in lockdown, some provided for their family and even made extra by selling their vegetables in central Tboung Khmum province.

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki used the occasion to vow to make efforts toward the abolition of nuclear weapons, the renunciation of war and lasting peace.

Police arrested a 55-year-old man for allegedly colluding with foreign forces to endanger national security, with local media reporting the man is a columnist with the paper.

China's first crewed mission in nearly five years is a matter of huge prestige as Beijing prepares to mark the 100th anniversary of the ruling Communist Party on July 1.

The Shimane No. 2 unit is the fifth boiling water reactor in the country to clear regulatory screenings for restarting idled plants.

Having a house with no walls has meant a much longer stay at an overcrowded relief center for one family, despite health concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The chilling report by the U.N.'s climate science advisory panel paints a grim — and deadly — picture for a warming planet.

Species extinction, widespread disease, unliveable heat, ecosystem collapse, cities menaced by rising seas — these and other devastating impacts are accelerating, the report says.

Organizers had earlier been considering a plan to allow alcoholic drinks at games venues starting in about a month, with some restrictions, including time limits, for selling them.

The reactor had stopped operations after the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 plant triggered by a massive earthquake and tsunami.

Tougher regulations and rising interest are driving demand for zero-emissions transportation, according to a new study.

There were no immediate reports of injuries, according to local authorities, despite there being a small residential area some 4 kilometers from the crater.

It was less an election than a chronicle of a death foretold — the death of what little remained of the constitution’s republican principles.

Forget the $9 billion of fines that came before. They barely scratched the surface. For Google, this is the big one. On Tuesday the European Commission announced a formal probe into the search giant’s practices in online advertising. After years of antitrust investigations, this is ...

Currently, only 10% of Diet members in the House of Representatives and around 20% in the House of Councilors are female.

If Bitcoin and its ilk are to survive, they will need to find a way to betray their libertarian roots and cut their own deals with the state.

In China, a boycott of leading global brands that have announced they will not use cotton produced using the forced labor of Muslims in Xinjiang province continues. Among the targets of this boycott are Swedish apparel manufacturer H&M and American and German sportswear manufacturers ...

A short film made by cultural anthropologist Kohei Inose follows a group of mothers’ efforts to support an ethnic Korean school in need of financial assistance and to oppose intolerance.

"Filipiniana" by Rafael Manuel received the George Lucas Award for this year's Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, which was held in a hybrid format in Tokyo and online.

The Spaniard's U.S. Open victory vaulted him into the top spot over American Justin Thomas ahead of the Tokyo Games.

City authorities had wanted Allianz Arena in rainbow colours for the crucial Group F match to "send a visible sign of solidarity" with Hungary's LGBT community.

Clubs will be required to exceed $10.8 million in sales and maintain average crowds of at least 4,000 in order to take part in the "New B1," league officials announced Tuesday.

With sweltering temperatures and strict restrictions on activities, sumo's first grand tournament outside Tokyo in over a year will challenge rikishi more than usual.

After fans made his jersey the league's top seller earlier this week, Nassib could be recruited by outspoken brands known for taking stands on social issues.

The reigning 200-meter freestyle Olympic champion, as well as an 11-time world champion, will see his ban lifted just before the 2024 Paris Games.

"Because of you, countless kids around the world are seeing themselves in a new light today," the U.S. president tweeted to the pair of athletes on Tuesday night.