SEOUL--South Korea’s spy chief told lawmakers Wednesday that North Korea has sent another 1,500 troops to Russia to support ...

TAIPEI--Taiwan’s government offered rare details on Tuesday of its wartime food plan, saying it is taking monthly inventories ...

Police arrested an 18-year-old American citizen who was on a vacation with his family in Japan on Oct. 23 in connection to a ...

Astronaut candidates Ayu Yoneda and Makoto Suwa become officially certified as Japan's youngest and oldest astronauts at the ...

Koi diplomacy is back with Japanese nishikigoi, or ornamental carp, set to return to the lucrative Chinese market after a ...

The iconic statue of a loyal dog that has been a popular meeting point in front of JR Shibuya Station will be blocked from ...

The decision by the Vatican and China on Tuesday to extend an accord on the appointment of Catholic bishops in the communist ...

Hand, foot and mouth disease cases, a viral infection that causes rashes on the hands, feet and mouth, are on the rise across ...

MATSUE—A local senior official of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party here has stirred controversy by expressing his ...

Shohei Ohtani’s 50th home run ball has sold at auction for nearly $4.4 million, a record high price not just for a baseball, ...

KOFU—A court here ordered the Kofu municipal government to pay about 58 million yen ($382,430) to the parents of an ...

About 468.4 billion yen ($ 3.1 billion), or approximately 30 percent, of special government loans extended to households that ...