After dropping out of an elite junior high school in the Tokyo metropolitan area, Keita Noda transferred to a public school ...

When rice prices soared this summer due to a shortage, farm ministry officials insisted there was no supply-demand problem ...

OSAKA--South Korea’s three-story pavilion at the 2025 World Exposition will feature a massive screen to display K-pop ...

The Bank of Japan said its large-scale monetary easing that continued for about 11 years failed to produce the initially ...

The Cabinet Office’s panel of experts has compiled a draft final report on the future of the Science Council of Japan (SCJ).

Over the last decade, Masato Shiota brought his papermaking business back from the brink, paying down debt and buying ...

The Bank of Japan on Dec. 19 voted to keep policy interest rates unchanged following a U.S. rate cut, adding downward ...

WASHINGTON--A Chinese national was arrested Thursday on charges of acting as an illegal agent for Beijing when serving as the ...

Early risers across Kagoshima Prefecture and other parts of western Japan spotted a fiery object slowly splitting apart as it ...

Independent bookstores curated to their owners' individual tastes are continuing to crop up in spite of pressures threatening ...

SEOUL--South Korea’s parliament voted Saturday to impeach President Yoon Suk-yeol over his short-lived martial law decree, a ...

SEOUL--At least 100 North Korean troops deployed to Russia have been killed with another 1,000 injured in combat against ...