Unusually early outbreaks of influenza are forcing some schools around the country to close right after the end of the summer break. “I thought the flu was a winter illness,” said a 43-year-old mother ...

Japanese and U.S. troops on Monday kicked off one of their largest joint exercises focusing on the defense of Japan’s ...

Twenty-six years since her previous posting to Japan, Corin Robertson has returned, this time as the British ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency apologized Oct. 16 after issuing an emergency warning for an earthquake that was erroneously estimated as the most powerful in recorded history. “We issued an emergency ...

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

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

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

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

Hackers breached Booking.com, one of the world’s largest online accommodation reservation sites, by posing as hotel staff to steal credit card information from travelers making bookings. Phishing ...

British oil major BP has indicated it will withdraw from a wind power project planned off the coast of Yamagata Prefecture apparently over concerns about profitability, a source said July 6. The ...

The music publishing branches of Sony Music and Warner Music have sued Anthropic in California federal court for allegedly misusing their copyrighted song compositions to ‌train its Claude AI models.

IMF invites BOJ chief Ueda to speak on Nov. 6 ...