SINGAPORE--The yen was poised on Friday for its strongest weekly performance in over a month as expectations grow that the ...

BEIJING--A growing number of countries are confronting the dual challenges of population decline and aging, as younger ...

China’s economy expanded at a 5% annual pace in 2024, achieving Beijing’s target of “around 5%” growth helped by strong ...

More than 1,000 memorial events were held Jan. 17 to mark the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that claimed around 6,400 lives and reduced much of the port city of Kobe to ruins.

Koichi Minato, president of Fuji Television Network Inc., apologized over a sex scandal involving TV personality Masahiro ...

Police are bolstering steps to prevent gropers from targeting university entrance exam takers who may remain silent about the ...

An accountant working for the Liberal Democratic Party’s parliamentary group in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly was summarily ...

Municipalities with older populations tend to have lower rates of earthquake-resistant housing, an Asahi Shimbun analysis ...

SEOUL--Law enforcement authorities on Friday were seeking to formally arrest impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, ...

Terunofuji, the lone yokozuna in sumo, retired from the ring on Jan. 17, saying his battered body was no longer up for the ...

The mayoral and municipal assembly elections began on Jan. 16 in this depleted town, a co-host of the crippled Fukushima No.

Thirty years have passed since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake devastated Kobe and wide areas around the port city.