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Soldiers, police and Buddhist villagers are alleged by U.N. investigators to have razed hundreds of villages in the remote western Rakhine s...

The feature film centers on the bond between a Japanese minister and an American journalist who worked together to document the aftermath of...

At the tomb, Emperor Naruhito offered a tamagushi ritual offering and bowed deeply, as did Empress Masako after him.

Japan has won four games and lost seven since the Australian took over in January.

Yuichiro Tamaki has been a long-time advocate of nuclear power and the reactivation of Japan’s halted nuclear power plants.

The decision to free itself from the plant comes as the firm is battling to boost flagging sales in China.

"Seeing all the used cooking oil being collected, I thought Tokyo is basically an oil field."

With a deal to end more than a year of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, the U.S. leader turns his attention back to halting the war in...

The company produces about 17 million bottles of alcohol-free wine a year, with sales up by around 35% annually.

Under the agreement, Trump's team avoided signing a government ethics pledge, saying it has its own ethics plan.

The delegation had met with South Korean national security adviser Shin Won-sik to exchange views on the conflict in Ukraine, the media repo...

The U.S. president-elect named Jamieson Greer his trade representative and picked Kevin Hassett as his top economic adviser.

The suspect, Kunihiko Katsuta, is serving an indefinite prison sentence for the 2004 murder of another girl in Okayama Prefecture.

The commitment comes despite a new management buyout proposal from the founding family of Seven & I Holdings valued at about $59 billion.

Truong My Lan, 68, is appealing her death sentence after being convicted in April of embezzling $12.3 billion from Saigon Commercial Bank.

Macnica Holdings is eyeing an overseas acquisition to better hold its own against bigger competitors.

The Shizuoka District Court last September acquitted Iwao Hakamata, ruling that investigation authorities had fabricated evidence in the 196...

The probe could undermine efforts to maintain military-to-military communications just months before Donald Trump returns to the White House...

The pace of clean-energy deployments is moving too slowly to keep up with the new technology's demands.

The remarks by industry officials come after Tokyo and Brussels launched a new security and defense partnership earlier this month.

The incident occurred at around 3:20 p.m. in a densely packed area of Susukino, lined with multitenant buildings.

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said his country seeks clarity over how the fiber-optic cables linking several countries were severed...

Officials warn a trade war could erupt and damage economies, and seek talks with Trump after his surprise announcement of hefty tariffs on M...

The deal for a 60-day pause could pave the way for a more lasting ceasefire after more than a year of fighting.

A Cabinet Office survey found that 12.8% of municipalities were not aware of what steps they should take when a megaquake advisory is issued...