JAKARTA--The defense ministers of France and Indonesia agreed Friday to work more closely to maintain regional stability, ...

OSAKA—An external review released by the city government here on Jan. 30 found that improved negotiations could have slashed ...

Even though the Tokaido Shinkansen boasts some of the world’s most sophisticated high-speed rail technologies, it has made ...

Deliberations that kicked off on a record budget for fiscal 2025 underscored the fragile state of the ruling coalition in the Lower House Budget Committee.

MANILA--Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. offered on Friday to remove a U.S. missile system from the Philippines if ...

A former correctional officer offered a rare first-hand account of the execution of a death row inmate he participated in ...

Japan received reassurances of continued close ties with its U.S. ally including confirmation that a security treaty covers ...

Reversing its longstanding policy, the government plans to release stockpiled rice for emergency use if distribution problems occur, not just when there is a bad harvest.

TAIPEI--A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook buildings in Taiwan on Thursday morning, as a series of temblors hit the island, ...

Defense lawyers for Shinji Aoba, the convicted mass murderer sentenced to die for the arson attack at a Kyoto Animation Co.

Japan is belatedly addressing an issue described as critically urgent: how to protect undersea cables used for internet ...

Toyota Motor sold 10.8 million vehicles in 2024, it said on Thursday, remaining the world's top-selling automaker for a fifth ...