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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Tokyo police on Oct. 24 arrested two foreign nationals for illegally purchasing Shinkansen tickets by misusing a reservation ...

A portion of Japan’s foreign aid has failed to achieve its intended goals, with utilization rates falling significantly short ...