SEOUL--A 33-year-old South Korean man was sentenced to life in prison Monday for running an online blackmail ring that ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and President Donald Trump discussed China relations in a phone call on Tuesday, their ...

Japan on Tuesday launched a scheme aimed at cutting wasteful government spending by reviewing existing subsidy projects and ...

Japan will oppose a proposal by the European Union and other countries to regulate trade in all eel species, including the ...

BEIJING--China called Japan’s plan to deploy missiles on an island near Taiwan a deliberate attempt to “create regional ...

KYOTO--Autumn foliage is at its glorious peak at Kiyomizudera temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site, where visitors can marvel ...

NAHA—A burst pipe connected to a dam on the main Okinawa island cut off water supplies to about 370,000 households across 17 municipalities on Nov. 24, the Okinawa prefectural government said.

SEOUL--For two hours every day, Lee Si-young and her colleagues broadcast uncensored foreign news into authoritarian North Korea. Her radio audience could go to jail if caught listening.

To revive abandoned farmland, Otaki town officials have turned to unorthodox crops that can survive in barren terrain and ...

FUKUOKA—Ukrainian sekiwake Aonishiki continued his rapid and inspiring rise to the upper echelons of the sport by capturing ...

BANGKOK--Myanmar’s military government has begun broadcasting extensive video on state television of its crackdown on online scam centers, showing buildings being bulldozed and over 1,000 foreigners ...

While riot police officers are authorized to shoot bears to combat an alarming rise in bear-related injuries and deaths ...