KUMAMOTO—While consumer prices, immigration and the economy are big-ticket issues in the Lower House election, voters here ...

MILAN--The Japanese Olympic Committee has set up a special task force to monitor and deal with online abuse round the clock ...

BEIJING--Beijing on Monday criticized the Dalai Lama ’s first Grammy win, describing the music industry award for an ...

Now 56, Shimazu won the prestigious 174th Naoki Prize for her novel, “Cafe no Kaeri-Michi” (On the way back from the cafe), ...

KYOTO--Utilizing genome editing technology, a team of researchers has developed a much more effective treatment for a certain ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is on track to significantly gain more than the 233 seats needed for a majority on its ...

SEOUL--South Koreans celebrated on Monday as the song “Golden” claimed K-pop’s first Grammy Award, a milestone that critics ...

Two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani won't pitch for Japan in the World Baseball Classic in March, Los Angeles Dodgers manager ...

Even accounting for those moving from the capital, Tokyo's population is continuing to trend upward, according to the ...

Takao Saito (1870-1949) was a long‑serving prewar member of the Imperial Diet who openly resisted the military’s tightening ...

Two Supreme Court justices face a national review at the polls on Feb. 8, a process long criticized as a hollow formality due ...

SINGAPORE--The dollar clung to its gains on Monday as investors weighed what a Federal Reserve under Kevin Warsh might ⁠look ...