Pirated Japanese manga, anime and other content caused about 10.4 trillion yen ($67.8 billion) in damage in 2025, with the digital sector taking the hardest hit, an industry ministry survey showed.

The earliest they are likely to become available is around summer, after drug pricing has been finalized. These products will be covered by the public health insurance system. The out-of-pocket burden ...

WASHINGTON--The Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Donald Trump’s biggest and boldest tariffs. But the justices left a $133 billion question unanswered: What's going to happen to the money ...

Unseasonably warm, spring-like weather is forecast over the three-day holiday weekend across Japan, with temperatures in some areas expected to reach levels typical of late spring.

MILAN--Alysa Liu delivered the U.S. its first women’s figure skating Olympic gold medal in 24 years, performing a ...

In her policy speech on Feb. 20, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi spoke of “the Takaichi Cabinet” seven times, including these two instances: “This is Japan as envisioned by the Takaichi Cabinet” and ...

Sanae Takaichi, who was re-elected prime minister in the Diet on Feb. 18, expressed strong determination to pursue revisions ...

SEOUL--North Korean leader Kim Jong Un lauded his nation’s improving economy and regional standing as he opened the country’s ...

BANGKOK--A prominent leader of an independent resistance group in Myanmar that had come under attack by rivals who are loyal ...

Diver Hiroyuki Arakawa descends almost daily into the breathtakingly beautiful waters off the coast here, carrying an oxygen ...

Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara electrified the crowd in capturing Japan's first-ever Olympic gold medal in pairs figure ...

SEOUL--A South Korean court is ‌due to rule on Thursday on whether former President Yoon Suk ⁠Yeol is guilty of masterminding ...