The climbing season officially opened on Mount Fuji on July 1, and experts are already warning visitors, particularly ...

Business sentiment among major Japanese manufacturers has improved for a fifth straight quarter, the Bank of Japan said in ...

LONDON—Wimbledon's strict rules about all-white clothing didn't prevent Naomi Osaka from making another fashion statement as ...

Asian shares were mostly higher on Tuesday tracking Wall Street gains, with South Korea’s stock market rebounding after sharp ...

A palantir is a magical “seeing stone,” born of the splendid imagination of J.R.R. Tolkien (1892–1973), the British writer ...

JAKARTA—Indonesia's anti-graft court on Tuesday sentenced one of the co-founders of ride-hailing and payments giant Gojek to ...

Electric utilities’ secret recordings of court proceedings were aimed at collecting as much information as possible—including ...

Japan Airlines Co. (JAL) improperly received government subsidies for a national “flying car” research project and will repay ...

The Hinomaru flag is displayed on national holidays or waved to cheer on the Japanese national team during international ...

A self-exiled billionaire Chinese business tycoon once believed to be among China's wealthiest men was sentenced Monday to 30 ...

Two major storm systems pounded Japan on Saturday, causing landslides and floods and leaving one dead and several injured, ...

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama reiterated ‌on Tuesday that authorities stood ready to respond to currency ⁠moves, ...