BEIJING--A growing number of countries are confronting the dual challenges of population decline and aging, as younger ...

An accountant working for the Liberal Democratic Party’s parliamentary group in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly was summarily ...

South Korea’s impeached president arrived at a Seoul court for a hearing on Saturday to oppose a formal arrest over last ...

MELBOURNE--Swiss Belinda Bencic advanced to the last 16 of the Australian Open after two-time champion Naomi Osaka retired ...

SINGAPORE--The yen was poised on Friday for its strongest weekly performance in over a month as expectations grow that the ...

Despite Japan’s popularity as a travel destination, the lack of halal food remains a major hurdle for many Muslim visitors.

One day in the summer at a nursery school here, 4- and 5-year-old children were looking into mirrors and drawing their own ...

Police are bolstering steps to prevent gropers from targeting university entrance exam takers who may remain silent about the ...

Koichi Minato, president of Fuji Television Network Inc., apologized over a sex scandal involving TV personality Masahiro ...

Terunofuji, the lone yokozuna in sumo, retired from the ring on Jan. 17, saying his battered body was no longer up for the ...

Fossilized bones discovered decades ago and hailed at the time as the oldest human remains found in Japan turn out to be from ...

The mayoral and municipal assembly elections began on Jan. 16 in this depleted town, a co-host of the crippled Fukushima No.