OSAKA--It's difficult to see the stars from the city, but the Okawa river was awash here with its own brilliant blue milky ...

SEOUL--The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called South Korea’s recent front-line live-fire drills ...

BEIJING--Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is making a surprise visit to China on Monday after similar trips to Russia ...

For the first time this year, the Japan Meteorological Agency reported a record 40 degrees in Shizuoka, which was marked at 1 ...

Yuriko Koike, the conservative governor of Tokyo, was heading for a victorious third term on July 7 in a crowded election ...

Japanese workers saw their average base pay climb 2.5% in May--the fastest pace in 31 years as bumper pay hikes offered by ...

Asian stocks mostly fell Monday, with the Euro dropping on the shock French election outcome, while U.S. stocks rose to more ...

An Iranian national suspected in an armored-car robbery in western Tokyo 23 years ago was arrested on July 8 after he tried ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party, still smarting from a political funding scandal, suffered another setback, losing six of ...

In response to a record number of bear attacks across the country, the Environment Ministry will ease conditions for using ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged to continue efforts to realize policy goals championed by his slain predecessor Shinzo ...

SEOUL--Hong Myung-bo was appointed as South Korea’s head coach on Sunday, giving one of the nation’s 2002 World Cup stars a ...