The now-disbanded intraparty faction led by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba failed to report 800,000 yen ($5,456) in income ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's commentary to a U.S. conservative think tank shortly before assuming his new leadership ...

A potentially catastrophic explosion of a World War II-era bomb under a taxiway at Miyazaki Airport has prompted the ...

The Tokyo metropolitan assembly passed the first ordinance in Japan aimed at protecting service workers from abuse and ...

Health authorities are warning that potentially severe infections caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae are rising at an alarming ...

Southern Taiwan worked on Friday to clear up damage from flooding and high winds after Typhoon Krathon slammed into a major ...

SEOUL--They began a pilgrimage that thousands before them have done. They boarded long flights to their motherland, South ...

Wars, a refugee crisis, famine and artificial intelligence could all be recognized when Nobel Prize announcements begin next ...

Sakie Yokota, mother of North Korean abductee Megumi Yokota, recounts a memory of her daughter giving her a gift during a ...

SEOUL--North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to use nuclear weapons and destroy South Korea permanently if provoked, ...

In his first policy speech on Oct. 4, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed his determination to restore the public’s trust ...

Asian shares were mixed Friday after worsening tensions in the Middle East sent shares lower on Wall Street, while boosting ...