East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) announced plans for a new overnight express train connecting Tokyo with the northeastern ...

BANGKOK--Thailand’s Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office pending an investigation ...

Seeking relief from the brutal heat, I wandered into a botanical garden and found a cluster of “hangesho” (Chinese lizard's ...

WASHINGTON--The United States could reach a trade deal with India that would help American companies compete in the South ...

WASHINGTON--U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosted his Australian, Indian and Japanese counterparts on Tuesday, seeking ...

A rural police station is counting on older residents to persuade their grandchildren to come back to their hometown and work ...

Israeli forces have reportedly opened fire on Gaza residents gathering each day at aid distribution centers in search of food, resulting in the deaths of more than 500 people.

The Bank of Japan should not rush into raising interest rates given various economic risks, its new board member Kazuyuki ...

Business sentiment among large Japanese manufacturers has improved slightly, according to a survey by Japan’s central bank ...

KYOTO--With women’s universities across Japan increasingly shifting toward coeducation or shutting their doors, Kyoto Women’s ...

OSAKA—The master pyrotechnicians behind the Omagari fireworks festival, Japan’s most prestigious fireworks competition, lit ...

The house that property consultant and ghost investigator Kazutoshi Kodama regularly surveys has a grim history: seven years ...