Renewable energy sources accounted for 25 percent of Japan’s overall electricity output in 2023, but the country’s standing ...

WASHINGTON--The State Department said Wednesday that it has fired a U.S. diplomat over a romantic relationship he admitted ...

SANTIAGO--Chile will feel a little quieter now that Japan is out of the men’s Under-20 World Cup. With drums, banners, flags, ...

SINGAPORE--The yen was set for its steepest weekly drop in a year on Friday, as investors fretted about fast-receding chances ...

The women work hard, sleeping only a few hours a night, as they juggle the demands of caring for their children and doing ...

KYOTO—When the phone call came at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 8, Susumu Kitagawa thought it was just another annoying telemarketer ...

Powerful Typhoon No. 22 swept through the Izu island chain south of Tokyo early on Oct. 9, dumping record rainfall on the ...

BEIJING--China tightened its rare earth export controls on Thursday, expanding restrictions on processing technology, barring ...

TAIPEI--Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense issued a report saying it is training soldiers to shoot down drones and ...

Malaysia on Thursday defended a decision to naturalize seven members of its national football team in a rapidly widening ...

Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings Inc. plans to contribute about 100 billion yen ($653 million) to a regional fund in Niigata ...

The Kumamoto prefectural police have recruited a new official mascot but unlike other popular characters, Warumon is not to ...