SINGAPORE--The yen was poised on Friday for its strongest weekly performance in over a month as expectations grow that the ...

BEIJING--A growing number of countries are confronting the dual challenges of population decline and aging, as younger ...

China’s economy expanded at a 5% annual pace in 2024, achieving Beijing’s target of “around 5%” growth helped by strong ...

Despite Japan’s popularity as a travel destination, the lack of halal food remains a major hurdle for many Muslim visitors.

One day in the summer at a nursery school here, 4- and 5-year-old children were looking into mirrors and drawing their own ...

More than 1,000 memorial events were held Jan. 17 to mark the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that claimed around 6,400 lives and reduced much of the port city of Kobe to ruins.

Koichi Minato, president of Fuji Television Network Inc., apologized over a sex scandal involving TV personality Masahiro ...

Police are bolstering steps to prevent gropers from targeting university entrance exam takers who may remain silent about the ...

Terunofuji, the lone yokozuna in sumo, retired from the ring on Jan. 17, saying his battered body was no longer up for the ...

Municipalities with older populations tend to have lower rates of earthquake-resistant housing, an Asahi Shimbun analysis ...

Fossilized bones discovered decades ago and hailed at the time as the oldest human remains found in Japan turn out to be from ...

An accountant working for the Liberal Democratic Party’s parliamentary group in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly was summarily ...