The Vietnam, India and Brunei pavilions have officially opened at the Osaka Kansai Expo, more than two weeks later than those ...

The Bank of Japan slashed its growth projection for the country by half and kept interest rates unchanged as the economy ...

OSAKA--A man from Tokyo was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after he deliberately drove his car into a group of ...

The town of Futaba, cohost to the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, was entirely evacuated after the Great East ...

SEOUL--South Korea’s Supreme Court will issue a ruling on Thursday in a case involving presidential frontrunner Lee Jae-myung ...

After enjoying eight decades of peace since World War II, a growing number of Japanese fear Japan will be caught up in a ...

KYOTO—A decades-old underground water pipe ruptured in a central part of Kyoto, causing flooding and traffic congestion in ...

MANILA--The Philippines signed a military pact with New Zealand Wednesday, allowing their forces to hold joint exercises as ...

The prospect of snatching up one of Japan’s abandoned homes is a well-trod exercise in “what if,” but reviving a dilapidated ...

The late Pope Francis’ funeral is over, and Italy is now said to be buzzing with talk of the upcoming conclave, by which the ...

第50期 囲碁名人戦 挑戦者決定リーグ戦（朝日新聞社主催）は1日、関航太郎九段が 山下敬吾 九段を破り、5戦目にしてリーグ初白星を挙げた。スコアは敗れた山下と同じ1勝4敗となり、厳しいながらも残留に望みをつなげた。

石破茂 首相は1日夜、 トヨタ自動車 の 豊田章男 会長と 東京都 内のホテルで約45分間、面会した。米トランプ政権の 関税 措置による日本国内の自動車産業への影響などについて意見を交わしたとみられる。