Japan’s economy contracted at an annual pace of 2.3% in the July-September period, the government reported Monday, as exports ...

HANOI--Japan has dropped out of plans to build a major nuclear power plant in Vietnam because the time frame is too tight, ...

BANGKOK--Shares are mixed in Asia as investors tread cautiously ahead of an interest rate decision this week by the Federal ...

The operator of a massage parlor in Tokyo was referred to prosecutors on Dec. 8 on suspicion of forcing a Thai girl to engage ...

The scorching summer pushed up sales of air conditioners to such an extent that appliance manufacturers recorded their second ...

STOCKHOLM—Japanese scientist Shimon Sakaguchi highlighted how his discoveries in immune regulation could shape the future of ...

Allowing the legal use of a maiden name for business and other purposes will not be sufficient to resolve the issues related ...

JAKARTA--The first giant panda cub born in Indonesia is noisy, nursing well and showing other signs of good health, the zoo ...

Imperial Japanese Navy sailor Sadamu Kamita, who died in Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, is revered as a “war ...

BANGKOK-- Thailand has launched air strikes along its disputed border with Cambodia, the Thai military said on Monday, after ...

Japan is pushing back against Chinese accusations and sharpening its messaging while stressing restraint as it continues to rail against a radar lock-on provocation targeting a Japanese fighter jet as ...

医療費 の患者負担に月ごとの上限を設ける「 高額療養費制度 」をめぐり、 厚生労働省 は新たに年間の医療費に対しても上限を導入する検討に入った。月ごとの上限の引き上げを検討する中、患者団体らが過度な負担増にならないよう、年間上限を設けるよう求めていた ...