A Japanese hairstylist has been sentenced to 17.5 years in prison and 20 strokes of the cane in Singapore for what the judge ...

Junko Iizuka, who is in her 70s, leads a quiet life in Miyagi Prefecture, growing strawberries and herbs and watching the ...

Popular grilled eel dishes may become much cheaper and readily available due to a recent breakthrough in aquaculture ...

BANGKOK--Asian shares were mostly lower on Friday after solid gains in Europe overnight, while U.S. markets were closed for ...

DENPASAR, Indonesia--An Indonesian court sentenced an Australian man to six months of medical rehabilitation Thursday after ...

OSAKA—In an epoch-making ruling, the Osaka District Court ordered the government to grant refugee status to an African who ...

The head of the Imperial Household Agency and a former top law enforcement official himself had nothing but praise for the ...

MANILA--Negotiations between Japan and the Philippines for a Reciprocal Access Agreement on defense and security are close to ...

Under fire for its non-disclosure, the government will adopt a policy of quickly sharing information with Okinawa Prefecture ...

As many as 19,039 people with dementia were reported missing in 2023, a record high since 2012 when police began keeping ...

SEOUL--A man who stabbed South Korea’s opposition leader in the neck earlier this year was sentenced to 15 years in prison on ...

Japan and NATO have begun talks to establish a framework to counter a growing barrage of disinformation that threatens to ...