Buddhist monks outshine AI in offering advice to troubled souls ...

The Japanese government concealed the U.S. military’s acknowledgement in 2023 that two of its bases were likely sources of PFAS contamination in Okinawa Prefecture, sources said. Okinawa Prefecture ...

A peek through the music industry’s curtain at the producers who harnessed social media to help their idols go global.

Fallout from the scandal-ridden farm minister’s resignation only a month after being appointed appears limited, as the ...

H2O Retailing Corp. is the latest major company among the many in Japan that are disclosing massive data breaches almost ...

The Philippine government summoned the Chinese ambassador Monday to protest remarks it considered a threat to use force, ...

Relaxing sanctions against an invading nation for the sake of an election in one’s own nation is an extremely self-centered ...

YOKOHAMA—Lawyer and political newcomer Atsumi Harasawa won the Oct. 18 Yokohama mayoral election that was called after her ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is calling for the world to bolster the rules-based international order and reform the United Nations in the wake of Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Iwojima island, the stark volcanic outpost home to one of World War II’s fiercest battles, remains the site of an unfinished search—for the Imperial Japanese Army soldiers who never made it home. Of ...

Senior Defense Ministry and Self-Defense Forces officials are expressing deep concerns that the SDF can keep up with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s push to rapidly expand Japan’s military ...

Kansai International Airport celebrated its 30th anniversary on Sept. 4, flying higher than ever, after struggling through a ...