Visibility and internal acceptance guided volleyball player Rui Takahashi’s decision to publicly come out as gay, a move ...

SEOUL—South Korea’s spy agency said Wednesday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ’s recent revelation of a ...

China’s factory activity expanded in September for the first time in three months, striking a more positive tone as Chinese ...

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Dodgers expect a healthier Shohei Ohtani at the top of their lineup for the postseason. The ...

Aiming to strengthen ties with Mongolia, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi agreed to a yen loan worth about 158 billion yen ($1 ...

A city here became the fifth municipality and the only one on the main Honshu island to embark on the selection process for ...

OSAKA—A regenerative medical product derived from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells was used to treat a patient in a ...

Creating a framework for democratic control of the activities of intelligence agencies will be indispensable. Takaichi ...

WASHINGTON―President Donald Trump could announce as soon as Wednesday his administration intends to tap South Korea’s pledged ...

TOYAMA—The internal affairs ministry said Sept. 29 it has filed the first-ever criminal complaint over suspected data ...

The number of foreign residents in Japan surged to 3.84 million, an all-time high, the 2025 national census showed, while the nation’s total population continued its decline, falling 3.17 million from ...

Crowds protesting in front of the Finance Ministry have grown in size in recent months, as has the range of their complaints. Many blame fiscal austerity and misguided tax policies for the lack of ...