Japan became the seventh team to book their place at the Billie Jean King Cup Finals when they came from behind to beat Canada 2-1 in Tokyo on Sunday. Victory in the doubles put them top of Group A ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday bore down on his administration's latest message that the exclusion of smartphones and computers from his reciprocal tariffs on China will be short-lived, ...

The Japanese government has begun a survey into public health insurance usage by foreign residents, amid concerns voiced by some lawmakers that people may come from overseas to take advantage of the ...

Fans waved glow sticks at an animated character on stage, having packed a sold-out Hollywood concert hall to see their virtual idol perform -- showcasing the global ambitions of Japan's "VTuber" ...

Crunching popcorn and screaming, Indonesians are flocking to watch homegrown horror films in cinemas that draw on the country's penchant for ghost and monster stories. The genre now dominates ...

"A Minecraft Movie" easily held on to the top spot in North American theaters this weekend with estimated ticket sales of a solid $80.6 million, analysts said Sunday. That was roughly half the total ...

When the first two rounds of 10% tariffs hit, Zou Guoqing, a Chinese exporter, groaned but didn't find the barriers insurmountable. He gave up some of his profits and offered his client, a snow-bike ...

Like many in the tech industry, Jeremy Lyons used to think of himself as a relatively apolitical guy. The only time he had participated in a demonstration before now was in the opening days of Donald ...

Police in Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture, have arrested a 39-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of killing a 50-year-old woman in her apartment in Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture. The body ...

A woman in her 50s died after she was stabbed in a supermarket in Kiyose, Tokyo, on Sunday morning. Police said her husband, Takayuki Kanesawa, 58, has been arrested on suspicion of murder. The ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya plans to deliver a speech at a preparatory session for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty's upcoming review meeting scheduled to begin late this month in New ...

U.S. forces and Japanese police will hold a joint patrol in Okinawa Prefecture this week after a number of sexual assault cases involving U.S. military personnel came to light last year, a Japanese ...