The announcement late Monday followed the first-ever G7 summit via videoconference.

The epidemic shows no signs of abating in the world’s second-largest economy and fears over a wider regional outbreak continue to grow.

Donald Trump has become the third U.S. president in history to be impeached, but what may be even more notable is that the 73-year-old Republican will be the country's first president to seek re-election after the dramatic rebuke from Congress. While Trump's job rating has ...

Concerns related to money laundering and illicit finance have cast a shadow on Facebook Inc.’s plan to launch its Libra currency next year.

Just a few weeks ago, it seemed that the U.N. General Assembly in New York would be a possible venue for the leaders of the United States and Iran to sit down for historic talks amid their standoff over a 2015 nuclear deal. The chance, ...

The United States on Sunday slapped China with the first stage of a new round of tariffs that will see nearly all Chinese imports taxed, further fueling tensions in the tit-for-tat trade war between the world's two largest economies. A total of around $300 billion ...

For many Americans, the story of the Japanese fishing crew that was exposed to a U.S. hydrogen bomb test in the Pacific Ocean 65 years ago may be a footnote in history easy to overlook. But Keith Reimink, a 40-year-old American documentary filmmaker, reacted differently ...

Rakuten Inc. CEO Hiroshi Mikitani's 2010 announcement of English becoming the official internal language of the online retailing giant shocked many of the firm's employees, including Fumie Suzuki. More than eight years have passed since Mikitani's bold move and Suzuki, 34, has come to enjoy ...

For Money Forward Inc., one of Japan's top financial technology pioneers, a diverse workforce is key for survival in the rapidly evolving industry and international students are most welcome to become part of it, the company's recruitment officer Arina Doe said. As the operator of ...

About seven years have passed since Miyuki Kano, a 41-year-old former Olympic volleyball player, entered into the world of deaf sports as a volleyball coach, taking over the position of her friend who died of cancer. Kano's time as a coach has been a success, ...