Unusually early outbreaks of influenza are forcing some schools around the country to close right after the end of the summer break. “I thought the flu was a winter illness,” said a 43-year-old mother ...

Twenty-six years since her previous posting to Japan, Corin Robertson has returned, this time as the British ...

Japanese and U.S. troops on Monday kicked off one of their largest joint exercises focusing on the defense of Japan’s ...

Fallout from the scandal-ridden farm minister’s resignation only a month after being appointed appears limited, as the ...

The Philippine government summoned the Chinese ambassador Monday to protest remarks it considered a threat to use force, ...

Relaxing sanctions against an invading nation for the sake of an election in one’s own nation is an extremely self-centered ...

YOKOHAMA—Lawyer and political newcomer Atsumi Harasawa won the Oct. 18 Yokohama mayoral election that was called after her ...

SEOUL―South Korea is reviewing an expansion of its military operations in the Middle East, the Kyunghyang Shinmun newspaper reported on Thursday, as the US ally faces pressure ‌from President Donald ...

BANGKOK—An airstrike carried out by Myanmar’s military near a market in territory controlled by a powerful rebel group killed at least 49 people and wounded 58 others on Monday, the group and a rescue ...

Britain is considering imposing tariffs on Chinese electric vehicle imports amid concerns that Beijing is ‌flooding the market with state-subsidized cars, ⁠the Times newspaper reported ⁠on Sunday.

President Donald Trump has turned emergency relief into a campaign talking point in the final sprint to the midterm elections ...

Visibility and internal acceptance guided volleyball player Rui Takahashi’s decision to publicly come out as gay, a move considered uncommon in Japan’s professional sports world. The 26-year-old ...