The ruling coalition partners on Dec. 1 agreed to push plans to reduce the number of Lower House seats by 10 percent, ...

Flying over the blue waters off Taiwan’s east coast, a light aircraft equipped with a powerful U.S.-made radar slung under ...

Only one-quarter of fire departments in coastal areas at risk of tsunami damage from a Nankai Trough earthquake have compiled operational plans that take inundation forecasts into account, an Asahi ...

SEOUL--North Korean leader Kim Jong Un highlighted the Air Force’s role in exercising nuclear war deterrence as he celebrated the Air Force’s 80th anniversary along with his young daughter, state ...

State-owned Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) is expanding beyond traditional development lending into ...

A fantasy-inspired clinical project has started to determine if psychiatrists posing as anime characters can improve ...

BANGKOK--Asian shares began the week mixed, with Tokyo’s benchmark falling nearly 2% on Monday after the release of data ...

More than half of the evacuees fled in cars during the tsunami warning after the July earthquake off the Kamchatka Peninsula, ...

KOBE--Syco Inc.'s garment made from aramid fibers and carbon fiber-reinforced plastic are already touted to protect the ...

Since almost no one can work their entire lives, those who are young now will someday become old and become increasingly ...

Amid rising costs, Tohoku University will raise tuition for international students by 1.7 times starting in the 2027 academic ...

Ikuko Yamazaki, 62, has been using social media to advocate for the succession of the emperor’s first child regardless of ...