The Vietnam, India and Brunei pavilions have officially opened at the Osaka Kansai Expo, more than two weeks later than those ...

The Bank of Japan slashed its growth projection for the country by half and kept interest rates unchanged as the economy ...

OSAKA--A man from Tokyo was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after he deliberately drove his car into a group of ...

The town of Futaba, cohost to the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, was entirely evacuated after the Great East ...

SEOUL--South Korea’s Supreme Court will issue a ruling on Thursday in a case involving presidential frontrunner Lee Jae-myung ...

KYOTO—A decades-old underground water pipe ruptured in a central part of Kyoto, causing flooding and traffic congestion in ...

MANILA--The Philippines signed a military pact with New Zealand Wednesday, allowing their forces to hold joint exercises as ...

After enjoying eight decades of peace since World War II, a growing number of Japanese fear Japan will be caught up in a ...

The prospect of snatching up one of Japan’s abandoned homes is a well-trod exercise in “what if,” but reviving a dilapidated ...

The late Pope Francis’ funeral is over, and Italy is now said to be buzzing with talk of the upcoming conclave, by which the ...

複数の米メディアは1日、トランプ政権のウォルツ大統領補佐官（国家安全保障担当）が近く辞任する見通しだと伝えた。ホワイトハウスで外交・安全保障政策を取り仕切る要職で、第2次トランプ政権の発足以来、主要職での初の辞任になるとみられる。

第50期 囲碁名人戦 挑戦者決定リーグ戦（朝日新聞社主催）は1日、関航太郎九段が 山下敬吾 九段を破り、5戦目にしてリーグ初白星を挙げた。スコアは敗れた山下と同じ1勝4敗となり、厳しいながらも残留に望みをつなげた。