KYOTO—Kodaiji temple in Higashiyama Ward here held a test run of an out of this world light show on Oct. 23 ahead of its ...

The United States, South Korea, Britain and Ukraine say North Korea has sent troops to Russia for possible deployment in ...

The temperature hit 25.1 degrees in central Tokyo on Oct. 24, marking the 153rd day--and perhaps the last--of the year when ...

Officials in Hong Kong said Wednesday they have discovered dinosaur fossils in the city for the first time on a remote, ...

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the QR Code, the ubiquitous scanning tag developed by a Japanese engineer that is ...

A Japanese Paralympic judoka on Aug. 26 was hit by a self-driving vehicle inside the athletes’ village, suffering injuries ...

While consumers have suffered from shortages of rice on store shelves across the nation, exports of the Japanese staple food ...

TOKYO--Jiro Nishi wore a New York Mets cap as he browsed a Tokyo sporting goods store this week that boasts the largest array ...

Japan’s political parties are promising to raise the minimum wage, a step that may win votes in Sunday’s general election but ...

Taisei Hikage is fighting a losing battle at his Tokyo ramen shop - not to attract customers, but to keep a lid on the price ...

SEOUL--Trash carried by a North Korean balloon fell on the presidential compound in central Seoul on Thursday, officials said ...

At least 354 bridges on emergency transportation routes around Japan are at risk of collapsing during a major earthquake, ...