Leading confectionery maker Lotte Co. purchased a 100-percent stake in Dari K Co., a purveyor of fine chocolate products ...

The Yamanashi prefectural government announced Sept. 14 that it plans to charge fees for rescues by its disaster-prevention helicopters starting in September 2027. The announcement came as Yamanashi ...

VOX POPULI: Japan’s disaster shelter system is in dire need of a total overhaul ...

The fate of the sharpest yen rally in 18 months rests on the Bank of Japan breaking free of its cautious rate-hiking path, ...

Hundreds feared stuck in hydropower tunnels as flood deaths surpass 950 in Nepal and China ...

BANGKOK—Thailand and Cambodia’s foreign ministers exchanged opening statements in Singapore on Tuesday at the first meeting to settle a sea border dispute under a U.N. agreement on maritime law for ...

Asian shares were trading mostly lower Tuesday, after artificial-intelligence stocks slid overnight. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 surged in morning trading but lost some of those earlier gains in ...

NAHA—Genta Koja became the first Okinawa governor elected after expressing unconditional support for plans to relocate the ...

DUBLIN—President Donald Trump on Sunday played down the need for his administration to check the development of artificial ...

BEIJING—Japanese lawmakers met with senior Chinese officials here on Sept. 14 in an effort to mend bilateral relations, but it was not immediately clear if any progress had been made.

China’s military leadership is expected to outline its aims for ‌global security when it hosts its annual defense forum this ...

On Sept. 11, 2001, members of international terrorist group al-Qaida hijacked four passenger jets and flew into the World ...