The Ground Self-Defense Force on Oct. 25 unveiled its new Type 25 surface-to-ship guided missile that has a range of about ...

Trailblazer Tomoka Nishiyama has decided to take the plunge and challenge the top  professional shogi players in the ...

HONG KONG―Tens of thousands of revelers in costumes ranging from ‌evil bartenders to Donald Trump impersonators, zombies and ...

SEOUL—North Korea on Monday fired multiple ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, South Korea’s military said, adding ...

MADRID―Takeda Pharmaceutical plans to seek regulatory approval ‌in Japan next year for its gastric cancer drug, after it ⁠extended overall survival and delayed ⁠disease progression in a late-stage ...

Pickleball, a sport often called a miniature version of tennis, has gained so much in popularity in Japan that the country ...

Japan will convene its first ministerial cybersecurity panel Oct. 26 after a cyberattack at GMO Internet Inc. led to customer losses, data theft and a rare request for government intervention.

KATHMANDU, Nepal—Residents along the Budhi Gandaki River in north central Nepal evacuated on Sunday as flash flooding destroyed homes and other structures in the area. The National Disaster Risk ...

After a six-month suspension, the government plans to resume accepting foreign workers who prepare meals at welfare facilities and schools under the Specified Skilled Worker program. The government ...

BANGKOK—China and the United States agreed to establish a channel for handling AI-related incidents and accelerate work on military crisis communications following a three-day summit between President ...

SEOUL—South Korea’s spy agency said Wednesday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ’s recent revelation of a supposedly secret transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to the South was ...

Central Tokyo logged a record 34th straight day with measurable rainfall on Sept. 29 as a stationary autumn rain front brought more wet weather across the Pacific side of eastern and western Japan.