SAPPORO–A highly toxic plant suspected to be giant hogweed, which can cause severe damage to the skin, has been discovered ...

Senior officials from Trygroup Inc. have formally apologized for streaming educational materials that falsely claimed ...

Sohei Kamiya insists that he and his rising Sanseito political party are not encouraging hatred and discrimination against ...

HANOI--Vietnam has lifted the death penalty for eight crimes in legal reforms that may spare the life of a real estate tycoon ...

SYDNEY--Leaders of the four biggest Pacific Islands nations have delayed adopting a joint security strategy that could ...

YANGON--Nearly $300 million worth of confiscated illegal drugs were destroyed in Myanmar’s major cities on Thursday to mark ...

Workers’ compensation cases for deaths and illnesses caused by overwork or work-related stress hit an all-time high in fiscal ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is facing criticism from some experts and from within his ruling party for missing the boat by ...

Japan conducted its first domestic drill of a long-range missile on June 24, a move that underscores Tokyo’s growing focus on ...

This happened during a reporting trip to Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, sometime in the early 2000s, before ...

Shareholders of Fuji Media Holdings Inc. on June 25 backed management’s slate of directors and rejected those proposed by a U ...

Innovative craftsmen have turned the discarded skins of filleted fish into an eye-catching and durable new material: “fish leather.” ...