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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, ...

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

KANAZAWA—A man who served a seven-year prison sentence over the brutal murder of a schoolgirl was granted a retrial after a ...