Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi plans to visit the Philippines and Indonesia in early May, where he is expected to discuss ...

I have “mugi miso” (barley miso paste) and “genmai miso” (brown rice miso paste) now fermenting in the storage room of my home.

Japan will release part of its petroleum reserves as early as March 16 in response to soaring crude oil prices driven by escalating tensions in the Middle East without waiting for an internationally ...

OSAKA—Passers-by near JR Osaka Station and Hankyu Osaka-Umeda Station had a bizarre start to the day when they were met with the sight of roughly 10 meters of a massive underground pipe sticking out ...

Chinese government agencies and state-owned enterprises ‌have warned staff in recent days against installing artificial ⁠intelligence agent OpenClaw on ⁠office devices for security reasons, according ...

SAITAMA—A teenager died and two other young patients suffered serious complications following a suspected drug mix-up during leukemia treatment, the Saitama Prefectural Children’s Medical Center said ...

China’s domestic passenger car sales fell 34.2% in February from a year earlier, an industry association said Wednesday, reflecting weakening demand as some trade-in subsidies are phased out.

Imperial Palace forests' monthly bird species census. At odds with central Tokyo’s reputation as a mega-city crammed with infrastructure is a survey ...

Following calls by an energy industry group, the Nuclear Regulation Authority decided to review whether to effectively extend the deadline for completion of mandatory anti-terrorism facilities at ...

DANDONG/SEOUL/SINGAPORE--When Kim Jong Un arrived by armored train in Beijing for a military parade in September, the ...

Fifteen years after the 2011 nuclear disaster, color-coded radiation maps hang on the wall of Futabaya Ryokan, the family-run ...

SINGAPORE--Asian stocks rallied and oil prices plunged at the start of trading on Tuesday, following a ‌volatile session for markets overnight after U.S. President Donald Trump declared ⁠the Middle ...