Shinkansen bullet train services in Japan's southwestern Kyushu region were briefly suspended Thursday afternoon due to heavy rain as a typhoon made landfall, the operator said.

Japan and South Korea will start allowing their citizens to apply for a second working holiday visa from October, removing the existing one-time-only limit, to promote bilateral exchanges and deeper t ...

SEGA is taking over “animate EXPO 2025”! Located on the first floor of the Ringside Marketplace West in the West Gate Zone of the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan venue, the popular pop-up series has a ...

Japan's Kei Nishikori said Wednesday he will miss the U.S. Open tennis championships starting this weekend because of a back injury.

A 24-year-old South Korean man has been arrested for allegedly making a bootleg recording of the latest animated film adaptation of the popular manga "Demon Slayer" during a screening in a Tokyo cinem ...

A central Japan city said Thursday it will seek to pass an ordinance recommending all residents limit smartphone use to two hours a day outside of work and school amid concerns over the impact of exce ...

The Trump administration's announcement this week that it would rescind the security clearances of 37 current and former national security officials was hardly an isolated act.

North Korea may operate a covert ballistic missile base some 27 kilometers from its border with China, a U.S. think tank said Wednesday.

Japan is considering announcing a 10 trillion yen ($68 billion) decade-long private investment target for India when Prime ...

The governing body for Olympic-style boxing will require sex testing for all fighters wishing to compete in the women's division at its world championships next month.

High on the Tibetan plateau, Chinese government officials last month showed off what they say will be the world's largest solar farm when completed — 610 square kilometers (235 square miles), the size ...

Shohei Ohtani gave up five runs on a career-high-tying nine hits over four innings and took his first loss of the year as the Los Angeles Dodgers were beaten 8-3 by the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday.