SEOUL--South Korea's parliament voted Saturday to impeach President Yoon Suk-yeol as authorities investigate allegations of ...

Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) announced that all Tokaido and Sanyo bullet trains will feature women’s-only restrooms ...

HIROSHIMA--Authorities here tightened security this year at annual memorial services for the victims of the 1945 atomic ...

Guaranteeing the right of self-determination for Palestinians is crucial for breaking the deadlock in the Middle East, ...

A robot that plays table tennis put Olympian Miwa Harimoto through her paces at a demonstration event organized by the semiconductor industry in Tokyo.

FUKUOKA—The Fukuoka High Court on Dec. 13 ruled that provisions of the Civil Code and the Family Register Law that do not ...

Japanese exports of sweet potatoes have been brisk thanks largely to technology to prevent spoilage and efforts to tailor the ...

A 688-kilogram cow touted as having curves in all the right places was crowned “queen” at a prestigious Matsusaka beef ...

Professional translator Kazumi Mukai was taken aback after learning the identity of a person who wrote a letter to her in ...

Sake brewery Asahi Shuzo Co. has announced out-of-this-world plans to brew rice wine on the International Space Station next ...

The remaining 15 Liberal Democratic Party Lower House members called to explain about their involvement in the ruling party’s ...

The economic sanctions being mulled by the United States against the International Criminal Court threatens the very ...