JOHANNESBURG--The first Group of 20 summit to be held in Africa opens on Saturday with an ambitious agenda to make progress on solving some of the long-standing problems that have afflicted the ...

TAIPEI/TOKYO--Taiwan has lifted all restrictions on food imports from Japan that were introduced after the Fukushima nuclear ...

An aquarium worker here has created an affordable, compact pressurized container that can restore the health of deep-sea fish ...

Jinbocho, Tokyo’s famed district for secondhand books, a stucco building stands out with bookshelves covering its outer walls ...

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

Philippine police and other law enforcement teams were deployed to arrest 18 suspects in a projects that has sparked huge ...

NIIGATA—Niigata Governor Hideyo Hanazumi announced on Nov. 21 that he has approved the restart of Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s ...

Minuscule airborne plastic particles are spreading to all corners of the planet, penetrating deep into human bodies and ...

OITA—Firefighters continued to battle a blaze in Oita city’s Saganoseki district on Nov. 19 after a body was found in the ...

The influenza outbreak has triggered a national alert as flu cases are surging and hospitalizations are increasing, ...

Japan’s top government spokesman warned that future remarks on Taiwan must be made with "extreme caution," after Prime ...

The approval rating for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Cabinet remains among the highest in Japanese history, as her ...