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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s picks to lead the nation’s top public health agencies also don’t inspire confidence.

AI is revolutionizing cinema. Japan and Asia as a whole are well-positioned to harness technology to empower storytelling while retaining fi...

Elbridge Colby said in an interview earlier this year that Japan is moving at a leisurely pace on defense despite being under threat from Ch...

Syria’s leadership isn’t the only aspect of the country to be changing as a result of this month’s toppling of longtime dictator, Bashar Ass...

Prolonged proceedings for retrial pleas are common in Japan.

"Coyotes," as they are known, are banking on a pickup in trade due to the president-elect's campaign promise to crack down on migrants once...

The BOJ’s plan to almost halve bond purchases comes as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans additional spending in an extra budget.

The shop has been run by Satoyo Kojika, 85, a native of the village of Kawauchi in Fukushima Prefecture.

Police are treating both incidents as armed robberies and are analyzing potential links between the two cases.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has had a succession of monumental wins that include the top leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah being...

Wide gaps in interest rates could bring back the yen carry trade, in which investors borrow in Japan and deploy the funds in higher-yielding...

"We can see on the pitch that I click better with my teammates and now we're all playing better," the player said.

The emperor emeritus spends his days caring for Empress Emerita Michiko who broke her right thigh bone in October.

The hospital is one of the few still partially functioning in the northern edge of Gaza, an area under intense Israeli military pressure for...

Both carmakers are facing overcapacity and the need for huge investments related to electric-vehicle and self-driving technologies.

Fusing African heritage with Japanese spirituality, our columnist crafted a holiday season that celebrates cultural understanding.

For the two institutions, China said it is freezing their "movable property, immovable property and other types of property within the terri...

The Okinawan protesters adopted a resolution demanding apologies for sexual assault victims, compensation and a revision of the Japan-U.S. s...

The Japanese antitrust watchdog found that the U.S. company has forced smartphone makers to install its search app.

Japan boasts the world’s third-largest potential supply of geothermal energy, but this renewable energy resource has mostly been untapped.

Sergiy Korsunsky played a key role in galvanizing Tokyo’s support for Kyiv amid Russia’s ongoing invasion.

The ousted president was accompanied by only a handful of confidants, leaving both family members and loyal aides to find their own means of...

Personal debt is overwhelming an increasing number of Japanese as higher interest rates and the rising cost of living bite.

Injections of cash are transforming once-sleepy areas, lifting stagnant house prices and triggering construction booms.

The U.S. completed the 82-kilometer canal through the Central American isthmus in 1914, but ceded it back to Panama in 1999.