North Korea says it test-fired strategic cruise missiles the previous day, with leader Kim Jong Un overseeing Pyongyang's ...

South Korean prosecutors said Sunday they indicted President Yoon Suk Yeol over charges of insurrection relating to his short ...

The Japanese government calls on Fuji Television Network Inc. to regain trust from viewers and sponsors following a sexual ...

The number of foreigners entering Japan rose to a new record high of 36.78 million in 2024, receiving boosts from a weak yen ...

No. 14 maegashira Kinbozan moved a win away from his maiden Emperor's Cup on Saturday by overcoming title rival Kirishima and ...

Japanese TV host Masahiro Nakai, who was a member of the former pop group SMAP, says he has retired from show business ...

A Chinese court sentences a man to death for fatally stabbing a 10-year-old Japanese boy in Shenzhen last September, Japan's ...

Three people have been stabbed at a central Japan train station, a key transport hub for ski areas, leaving one man in his ...

New Year's revelers tried to grab a fistful of fortune for 2025 at a western Japan temple's annual "fukutabae" event on Jan.

The Bank of Japan raises its policy interest rate to 0.5 percent from 0.25 percent, its highest level in about 17 years, amid ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledges to build a cross-party consensus through parliamentary debate as his minority ...

Japan's trade deficit in 2024 shrank 44 percent from a year earlier to 5.33 trillion yen ($34 billion), as exports hit a ...