Kane Tanaka at 119 has lived during the Meiji, Taisho, Showa, Heisei and current Reiwa eras

Across Asia, governments have embraced so-called special economic zones to spur growth and generate jobs.

Omicron and inflation risks loom, but economists expect 2022 to be a year of recovery as consumption rises and people tap into the savings they've built up over the pandemic.

Natsuo Yamaguchi proposed that Japan take the lead in establishing an Asian architecture that would include China and the U.S. in a bid to stem soaring regional tensions.

Japanese automakers are racing to electrify their minivehicles, despite major technical challenges regarding maintaining low prices and securing a certain cruising range per charge.

The South Korean military said it could not confirm whether the person was alive, but sent a notice to the North via a military hotline asking for protection.

The gender wars have infused the South Korean presidential race, largely seen as a contest for young voters.

Artists and filmmakers in Hong Kong are now under threat as authorities enacted a sweeping national security law in 2020 and a revised film ordinance in 2021.

COVID-19 has overhauled work practices and exposed the divisions between the public and private sectors of the medical system.

Fish consumption has been rising at almost double the rate of population growth for more than half a century.

Fossil fuel-reliant countries in the EU's east and south have also defended the use of natural gas, even though it still produces significant greenhouse emissions.

South Africa on Saturday held a state funeral for Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the last great hero of the struggle against apartheid.

A soldier who was under orders to "never surrender" is captured in Guam after 28 years of hiding in the jungle.

A half-century since Richard Nixon met with Mao Zedong, the progress the U.S. and China launched has been all but been lost, and President Joe Biden is partly to blame.

While the EU wants to deepen trans-Atlantic cooperation, there is no consensus on how to do so without alienating China or undermining the very international system it aims to defend.

Small companies in the U.S. are as cheap as they have ever been relative to the broad market.

The impact of global warming has been considerable on people of all ages, particularly the most vulnerable and those with underlying health conditions.

The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, but there is a ray of hope for a better tomorrow in both the health sector and the wider economy.

While the past year saw restaurants closing due to state-of-emergency restrictions, the food scene continued to progress.

Try a little "koji alchemy" of your own at home with this recipe for an onion-flavored loaf.

Once a colossally popular year-end event among the public after NHK began airing it in the 1950s, the ratings are the lowest since records began in 1962.

Adam McKay wants you to know that it’s the end of the world and you should absolutely, unequivocally not feel fine. (But do laugh.)

As a new year dawns, find calm and beauty in the vanished world of Murasaki Shikibu's 'The Tale of Genji.'

"You won’t see Bill Belichick Football in 40 years,” EA's Donny Moore said. "It is unique in video games. It is unique in sports how one person’s name transcends the sport itself.”

Kobayashi — who won the first leg in Oberstdorf last Wednesday — increased his lead in the tournament standings to 13.2 points.

Aoyama Gakuin University took the lead in the third of Sunday's five stages and never looked back.

The cold was so extreme for this year's Winter Classic that the rink was heated before the game to keep the ice surface at an optimum temperature.

Daizen Maeda, Reo Hatate and Yosuke Ideguchi will join will join Kyogo Furuhashi at Celtic.

With just over a month until the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the CEO of the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) said he is increasingly concerned if the Games can go ahead as planned. "We're worried," COC CEO David Shoemaker told the CBC in ...

Blake Ferguson, a former Australian rugby league international who recently switched codes, has been arrested in Japan on suspicion of drug offenses, according to his club, NEC Green Rockets Tokatsu. The hulking 31-year-old winger spent more than a decade in Australia's elite National Rugby League ...