SINGAPORE--U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth urged Asian allies on Saturday ‌to ramp up military spending to counter ...

Less than half of foreign travelers know at least one of the eight major sightseeing areas in the Tohoku region and just 16 ...

Usually packed with quiet business passengers, a Tokaido Shinkansen hosted lively travelers of the four-legged variety ...

Railway buffs are mourning plans by East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) to replace traditional magnetic tickets for short-distance rides with larger tickets with scannable QR codes in the spring of 2027.

NARA—The historic Nara Prison from the Meiji Era (1868-1912) has at last reopened as a luxury hotel whose proceeds will go ...

Even as the total number of elderly citizens marked a slight decline, government estimates noted a record high percentage in the proportion of aging residents in Japan's overall population. A record ...

A peek through the music industry’s curtain at the producers who harnessed social media to help their idols go global.

BEIJING—Chinese AI startup Moonshot ‌on Friday unveiled Kimi K3, a 2.8 trillion-parameter model that it said ⁠is the world’s ...

A Japanese voice actor has sued the operator of TikTok, arguing that video postings using an AI-generated voice on the social media platform infringed on his rights to his voice. Kenjiro Tsuda, known ...

The No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture resumed operations on March 22 following an eight-day suspension over safety issues, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said ...

SEOUL—A South Korean court on Monday sentenced ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol to two years in prison for illegally receiving ...

The bill to revise the Imperial House Law that passed the Diet on July 17 ignored scholarly research that questions the 2,600 ...