The government and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party have started discussions on raising income tax rates in fiscal 2027 to ...

SYDNEY--Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles will travel to Japan on Saturday to meet his counterpart, Koizumi Shinjiro ...

American actor and playwright Jeremy O. Harris, known for the Tony-nominated "Slave Play", was arrested last month at an ...

The Liberal Democratic Party’s draft plan to shrink the Lower House entails seat reductions in all 11 proportional ...

BANGKOK--Asian shares began the week mixed, with Tokyo’s benchmark falling nearly 2% on Monday after the release of data ...

The president of Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. apologized on Nov. 27 for the system failure from a cyberattack that has persisted ...

Amid a wave of class closures due to a surge in influenza cases, many parents are facing anxious times with the long winter ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi did not retract her remarks on a Taiwan contingency involving Japan as she was grilled ...

Through all the ups and downs of his first season in the major leagues, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki persevered ...

TAIPEI--Taiwan will introduce a $40 billion supplementary defense budget to underscore its determination to defend itself, ...

After 40 years, the critically acclaimed film “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” finally got a screening in Japan, at the ...

More than half of the evacuees fled in cars during the tsunami warning after the July earthquake off the Kamchatka Peninsula, ...