KUSHIRO, Japan (Kyodo) -- A Taiwanese rocket crashed shortly after lifting off from a private spaceport in northern Japan, ...

SEOUL (Reuters) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Russia's top diplomat his country was ready to "unconditionally ...

MEXICO CITY -- The Mexican government has partly lifted a blanket ban on exporting the totoaba, a large fish prized in China ...

It is perhaps no surprise, then, that Masamune Shirow's 1989 manga classic "Ghost in the Shell" -- which presents a ...

TOKYO -- Australia's Cochlear, the world's largest maker of hearing implants, has built out production capacity to pursue a ...

China and Russia declared a "no limits" partnership in February 2022 when Putin visited Beijing, days before he sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine. Putin has sometimes described China as an ...

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group was one of the first big Japanese banks to focus on art, launching a dedicated team in November 2021. In addition to sponsoring fairs and providing opportunities to ...

In Japan, Tokyo's relations with Washington will be in focus at the weekend, when one of the U.S.'s main trade negotiators visits the country and voters head to the polls to cast their ballots in an ...

NAGOYA, Japan -- A ceramics maker in central Japan's Aichi prefecture is luring a new wave of tourists with maneki-neko beckoning cats.

Legendary boxer Manny Pacquiao first became a world champion at the age of 19 on December 4, 1998. The Clinton-Lewinsky scandal was in full swing, households were transitioning from VHS videotape to ...

(Reuters) -- President Donald Trump on Saturday imposed a 30% tariff on imports from Mexico and the European Union starting on August 1 after weeks of negotiations with the key trading allies failed ...

The numbers tell a stark story across Asia's most developed economies. Japan has declined to 1.15 children per woman, South Korea sits at 0.75 and Singapore remains at 0.97. These figures are far ...