Japan is bracing for a “Reiwa oil shock” as the war in the Middle East again exposes the nation’s vulnerabilities in relying ...

SEOUL--A huge crowd of BTS fans packed into a stadium near Seoul on Thursday to see the K-pop supergroup kick off their ...

The government’s first attempt to reuse mildly radioactive soil from Fukushima Prefecture as landfill in public works ...

Semiofficial news agencies in Iran published a chart Thursday suggesting the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard put ...

Oil rose again to above $97 a barrel and Asian stocks were trading mostly lower Thursday on skepticism over a fragile ...

Myanmar’s parliament approved a cabinet Thursday that largely includes former generals and holdovers from the past ...

The number of corporate bankruptcies in fiscal 2025 topped 10,000 for the second consecutive year, reaching 10,505 in a 3.6 ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba congratulated new U.S. President Donald Trump as he took office on Jan. 20 while Japanese ...

The Artemis II journey around the moon is a triumph for humanity that involves 60 countries, including Japan, which is ...

The initial budget for fiscal 2026 was enacted on April 7 after lawmakers spent an unusually brief 115 hours of discussions ...

MOSCOW--Russia's ⁠Foreign ⁠Ministry said ⁠on Wednesday that ‌Moscow ⁠had ​lodged a protest over an investment ⁠in ​Ukrainian ...

BEIJING--Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed not to escalate their conflict and to "explore a comprehensive solution” after ...