SINGAPORE--The yen ticked slightly higher on Thursday after Japan’s central bank stood pat on rates in a closely watched ...

BEIJING--The Chinese military announced Wednesday that it would hold an annual naval exercise and conduct a maritime joint ...

Despite another delay in the start of fuel debris removal at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, the plant ...

Residents of a science city close to Kyoto that is known for its many cultural and research facilities are up in arms over a ...

Tax authorities have penalized a Hong Kong-based freight company for submitting a fraudulent refund claim on the consumption ...

Japanese automaker Nissan sank into a 115.8 billion yen ($782 million) loss for April-June but promised Wednesday to return ...

Tensions ran high among residents and visitors after tsunami warnings were issued along Japan’s Pacific coast on July 30 following a powerful earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula.

Shattered glass, torched motorcycles and a burned bust of Buddha awaited 63-year-old Soth Sim as he returned to his home in ...

HONOLULU--One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded sent a tsunami crashing into a Russian port and smaller waves ...

This is part of a series on hibakusha who responded to a survey by The Asahi Shimbun, The Chugoku Shimbun and The Nagasaki ...

After long years of fighting tooth and nail for academic funding, professor Fumio Ouchi has found a new passion—handcrafting ...

Sightings of a riverboat, a prehistoric fish and spacecraft are increasingly turning heads in urban areas around the nation.