The government is adjusting its plans to formulate a policy to strengthen the domestic defense industry by the end of fiscal 2026, according to government sources.

The yen was volatile on Friday, with two sudden spikes raising market speculation that ⁠authorities had conducted a rate ...

BANGKOK--Two people were dead and four others missing after a Singapore-flagged cargo ship with 21 Filipinos on board ...

Japan's core consumer inflation slowed in the year to December but stayed above the central bank's 2% target, data showed on Friday, keeping alive market expectations of future interest rate rises.

The Feb. 8 Lower House election is shaping up as an ideological showdown between the conservative ruling coalition and the ...

Orix Hotel Management Corp. businesses are serving meals using “sustainable seafood” items listed under a little-known ...

SEOUL--Chart-topping K-pop boy band BTS is set to embark on a global concert tour in April, marking its first new album ...

The new Centrist Reform Alliance--the second-largest force in the Lower House--was officially launched on Jan. 22 on promises ...

The Bank of Japan retained its hawkish inflation forecasts on Friday and stressed it will remain vigilant to price risks from ...

Olympic halfpipe champion Ayumu Hirano was named to the Japanese team heading to next month’s Milan Cortina Games despite ...

Chinese soccer faces its biggest match in more than 20 years on Saturday when it plays Japan in the final of the Under-23 ...

OSAKA—To further discourage illegal smoking in public, nonsmokers recommend harsher penalties against violators while smokers ...