Tokyo-based Space One Co. self-destructed its Kairos No. 3 small rocket shortly after launch on March 5, dealing another blow to Japan’s efforts to put a satellite in space through a private company.

The scorching heat this summer is threatening the rice crop in parts of eastern Japan and may lead to water shortages in the greater Tokyo metropolitan area for the first time in seven years, ...

Tax authorities have penalized a Hong Kong-based freight company for submitting a fraudulent refund claim on the consumption ...

SEOUL―South Korea’s exports nearly doubled in October, the sharpest jump in ‌more than 50 years, as robust global ⁠demand for ...

HONG KONG--In China, consumerism appears to outweigh nationalism regardless of how testy relations have become in recent diplomatic spats with countries like Japan and the United States. It has been ...

SEOUL―North Korea is projecting a new culinary obsession: multi-story barbecue restaurants with waterside terraces, ‌marble ...

May, at a training area inside Camp Schwab, a U.S. military base in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, about 20 young Marines in camouflage uniforms were practicing drone operations in the sweltering heat. The ...

OSAKA--The Osaka District Court ordered prefectural authorities on March 15 to pay about 12 million yen ($101,700) to a woman ...

The Mizuho Financial Group Inc. and Mizuho Bank Ltd. announced Nov. 26 that their three top executives would resign following a devastating Financial Services Agency investigation that faulted ...

The International Criminal Court will never halt its activities even with the increased pressure from sanctions imposed by ...

A Spanish tourist was injured after being attacked by a wild bear in the historical area of Shirakawago here, a UNESCO World ...

NAGOYA--For a quarter of a century, Satoru Takaba, who belonged to his high school’s soft tennis club, had no idea why his ...