As part of a wider crackdown, police referred 10 people in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture to prosecutors on suspicion of gambling ...

Crouch through the small metal door and walk down the dark tunnel, and even before you step into the abandoned air raid ...

Kenso Soai said it felt like he was walking through darkness with no set destination while tackling a mystery that baffled ...

Myanmar’s military-backed leader pressed on with his pivot to diplomacy on a visit to Malaysia, his first since becoming ...

The Trump administration has begun direct talks with Myanmar’s military-installed government, according to US officials and ...

SEOUL―North Korea’s Kim ⁠Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, denounced on Thursday South Korea’s plans to ...

Japan’s sole cigarette maker denied involvement in military production after Russia attacked its group factory in central ...

Unusually early outbreaks of influenza are forcing some schools around the country to close right after the end of the summer break. “I thought the flu was a winter illness,” said a 43-year-old mother ...

IDC Frontier Inc., a SoftBank subsidiary that provides cloud services, said Oct. 7 that a ransomware attack caused a system ...

Five days a week, Fumiko Obinata drives herself to work in Ogawa in Nagano Prefecture, a village of roughly 2,000 people, surrounded by high peaks. Her work day runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., including ...

RIYADH—Yemen’s Houthis said they attacked “sensitive” sites in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Saturday with missiles and drones, hours after flames and a large plume of smoke were seen ‌near the city’s ...

The ancient capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara in Nara Prefecture were added to the UNESCO World Heritage list on July 26 at the committee’s meeting in Busan, South Korea. This brings Japan’s ...