MANILA--France and the Philippines will begin talks next month on a defense pact that would allow troops from each country to ...

SINGAPORE/LONDON--The yen rose sharply after hitting its weakest level in three decades against the U.S. dollar with markets ...

DOHA, Qatar-- South Korea will miss the men’s soccer tournament at the Olympics for the first time since 1984 after losing a ...

Japan’s space agency announced Friday a plan to launch a major upgrade to its satellite imaging system, as a new flagship ...

Stunning views of the architectural anatomy of a centuries-old Buddhist temple here have been revealed using the latest ...

Katsu Tsunoda, senior managing director of The Asahi Shimbun Co., will be promoted to president and chief executive officer, ...

The spawning season for ito, often called “phantom fish,” is drawing to a close in the Kushirogawa river water ...

Hospitals in South Korea’s smaller cities are struggling with a lack of physicians, as a nationwide strike of trainee doctors ...

YOKOHAMA--The new arena complex that opened April 1 in this port city pays homage to the past. It was built to replace the ...

The estimated average height of Japanese men reached 163 centimeters during the Kofun Period, which ran from the end of the ...

BEIJING--How about turning a car’s front bucket seats 180 degrees so they face the rear seats and extending out a table so ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he plans to visit China in May, in what could become the first foreign trip ...