Two Yomiuri Giants baseball players were referred to prosecutors on May 8 on suspicion of gambling through an online casino, ...

The leader of right-wing minor opposition Sanseito party called for a societal shift that encourages more women to stay home ...

Yokohama and other municipalities have come under pressure to expand their subsidy programs to allow children of all ages and ...

China is working on a more than 1 trillion yuan ($143 billion) support package for its semiconductor industry, three sources said, in a major step towards self-sufficiency in chips and to counter U.S.

MANILA--A new bill that could be a game changer in the battle against teen pregnancies in the Philippines is inching through ...

Typhoon No. 13 packing powerful winds and dangerous storm surges is expected to approach the Okinawa and Amami regions around ...

Hundreds and even thousands of Chinese fishing vessels have repeatedly formed lengthy “walls” in the East China Sea that are ...

More than 8,000 foreign children of compulsory school age in Japan are apparently missing out on receiving a formal education ...

The Sept. 7 launch of a flagship H-2A rocket operated by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. put an X-ray telescope into orbit ...

Nineteen people were taken to hospitals after a pungent odor spread at the Ginza Six commercial complex in downtown Tokyo ...

Japan’s Seven & i Holdings is betting it can boost value by hiving off underperforming businesses and focusing on mainstay ...

Battery-powered portable fans are an absolute must for many people in the scorching summer heat but if used incorrectly they ...