OSAKA--It's difficult to see the stars from the city, but the Okawa river was awash here with its own brilliant blue milky ...

BEIJING--Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is making a surprise visit to China on Monday after similar trips to Russia ...

SEOUL--The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called South Korea’s recent front-line live-fire drills ...

For the first time this year, the Japan Meteorological Agency reported a record 40 degrees in Shizuoka, which was marked at 1 ...

Foreseeing no market growth in Japan's future due to the falling birthrate and the aging population, Hitachi Ltd. is hitching ...

Asian stocks mostly fell Monday, with the Euro dropping on the shock French election outcome, while U.S. stocks rose to more ...

MANILA--Japan and the Philippines are signing a key defense pact Monday that would allow the deployment of Japanese forces ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party, still smarting from a political funding scandal, suffered another setback, losing six of ...

In response to a record number of bear attacks across the country, the Environment Ministry will ease conditions for using ...

Yuriko Koike, the conservative governor of Tokyo, was heading for a victorious third term on July 7 in a crowded election ...

The low birthrate, competition with the private sector and a series of scandals are being blamed for the Self-Defense Forces' ...

Japanese workers saw their average base pay climb 2.5% in May--the fastest pace in 31 years as bumper pay hikes offered by ...