Hong Kong’s leader said on Tuesday he raised the conviction of pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai in a meeting with China’s ...

BEIJING--A Chinese court imposed jail sentences and fines on Tuesday on 27 people for shipping antimony ingots out of the ...

The title of director Ryota Nakano’s first film in five years relates to death and cremation, but the work offers much more ...

The government has finalized plans to end subsidies to large-scale solar power stations, given the declining production costs ...

SEOUL--The nominee to head South Korea’s broadcast and media commission told parliament on Tuesday he would pursue imposing ...

Japan's space agency cancelled on Wednesday its planned H3 rocket launch carrying the Michibiki No. 5 satellite system due to ...

STRASBOURG--The European Commission is set to backtrack on the EU's planned ban on new combustion-engine cars from 2035 by allowing continued sales of some non-electric vehicles following intense ...

BANGKOK--Thailand will hold an early election on Feb. 8, the country’s election regulator said Monday, days after Prime ...

Keizai Doyukai (the Japan Association of Corporate Executives) has appointed IBM Japan President Akio Yamaguchi to succeed Takeshi Niinami as chairman after Niinami's sudden resignation left the group ...

In the formulation of the government’s "Basic Plan for Gender Equality," new wording was abruptly inserted into a Cabinet ...

OKAYAMA--Music played in a wedding hall in western Japan as Yurina Noguchi, wearing a white gown and tiara, dabbed away her ...

KYOTO--A European-style cake that was likely a favorite of warlord Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582) has been revived despite a dearth ...