Hong Kong tightened prison rules, allowing authorities to restrict visits, including those by certain lawyers and religious ...

When Japanese writer Tsutomu Mizukami (1919–2004) was 9, he entered a Zen temple in Kyoto as a “kozo”—a novice monk who had ...

SEOUL--North Korea is suspending the entry of foreign tourists to a recently opened mega beach resort, a move that dims prospects for the complex that leader Kim Jong Un hailed it as “one of the ...

A Nagasaki cathedral has blessed the final piece to complete its restoration nearly 80 years after being destroyed by the second U.S. atomic bomb dropped on Japan: a reproduction of its lost bell ...

Yu Zidi of China is only 12 years old and will race at the world swimming championships later this month in Singapore.

HANOI--Asian countries are offering to buy more U.S. liquefied natural gas in negotiations with the Trump administration as a ...

Hunters shot and killed a brown bear early on July 18 in a residential neighborhood in Fukushima, Hokkaido, that is suspected ...

Standing upright on his hind legs and gazing vigilantly out of a window, a rescued meerkat has become an unexpected symbol of safety and charm at a small police outpost here.

KANAZAWA--A man who served seven years in prison over stabbing death of a teenage girl was acquitted on July 18 in a retrial that battered the credibility of witness testimony.

Nippon Steel Corp.’s acquisition of U. S. Steel required nerves of steel, which Eiji Hashimoto, the company’s chairman and ...

As the global car market trends toward decarbonation, Japanese automakers are now struggling to regain lost ground in their ...

HIROSHIMA—When car maker Mazda sneezes, everyone catches a cold, say people in its hometown of Hiroshima in western Japan, but these days, auto parts maker Yuji Yamaguchi fears a deep chill is on the ...