Around 2 million more voters have cast early ballots for the July 20 Upper House election that is widely expected to deal a ...

Authorities in Cambodia continued their stepped-up campaign against online scam centers, arresting at least 500 suspects in ...

TAIPEI—Taiwan will not provoke a confrontation with China, the self-ruled island’s vice president said Friday, lamenting ...

Kansai Electric Power Co. is mulling whether to become the first utility to construct a new reactor since the 2011 triple meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces an increasingly uphill battle in Sunday’s upper house election, and a loss could worsen political instability at a time of daunting challenges, such as ...

Standing upright on his hind legs and gazing vigilantly out of a window, a rescued meerkat has become an unexpected symbol of ...

Hong Kong tightened prison rules, allowing authorities to restrict visits, including those by certain lawyers and religious ...

In the document, Hattori analyzed the causes of wrongful convictions and appealed to the government to prevent them. He asserted that the miscarriages of justice were “due to evil bureaucratic ...

SEOUL--North Korea is suspending the entry of foreign tourists to a recently opened mega beach resort, a move that dims prospects for the complex that leader Kim Jong Un hailed it as “one of the ...

A Nagasaki cathedral has blessed the final piece to complete its restoration nearly 80 years after being destroyed by the second U.S. atomic bomb dropped on Japan: a reproduction of its lost bell ...

Large raindrops began falling like sleet on the evening of May 29 near the Kagoshima prefectural office, creating thick, dark streaks on a white rental car parked nearby.

北海道は19日、福島町月崎地区で18日未明に駆除したヒグマの体毛のDNAが、同町三笠地区で新聞配達員の男性を襲い死亡させたヒグマのものと一致したと発表した。