U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing China and India to stop buying oil from Russia and helping fund the Kremlin’s war ...

BEIJING--The discovery of the next Dalai Lama will be carried out by the Chinese government, and not under the current Dalai ...

Japan sweltered in dangerously high temperatures on Aug. 5, with thermometers in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, marking the ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said he didn't insist on getting the formal agreement in the Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations in ...

Japan’s top tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa said he planned to visit Washington from Tuesday to press the United States to ...

Ome city in western Tokyo has chosen a new name for the wine produced from locally grown grapes that is nod to its sister city: “Danke,” meaning “thank you” in German.

BANGKOK--Shares in Asia are mixed after Wall Street had its worst day since May following the release of weak U.S. jobs data.

Declassified U.S. documents show that Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi agreed in the late 1950s to allow the United States to ...

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office has reversed its previous decision to refrain from persecuting an aide of Koichi ...

HIROSHIMA—A peace symposium here featured talks by hibakusha and emphasized the importance of listening to their experiences, particularly as their numbers dwindle 80 years after the atomic bombings ...

日本銀行は5日、追加利上げを見送った6月の金融政策決定会合の議事要旨を公表した。複数の政策委員が、米国の関税政策が穏当に決着する見通しになれば「様子見モードから脱却し、利上げ再開を考えることになる」と述べていた。また、国債買い入れ額の最終的な「着地点 ...

2022年の国連環境総会で、条約策定に向けた交渉を進めていく方針が決まり、5回の交渉会合を開き、24年末までに条約の中身をまとめることとなっていた。だが、昨年11～12月に約1週間にわたって開かれた最終会合では妥結できず、合意が持ち越しとなった。