Japan's Nikkei share average breached the 43,000-mark for the first time on Wednesday, with the broader Topix index also ...

Educator Hama Omura (1906-2005), who was known as “Japan’s best teacher of the Japanese language” for her unique teaching ...

U.S. stocks ticked higher on Wednesday after a rally spurred by hopes for lower U.S. interest rates wrapped around the world.

SEOUL--Torrential rain battered South Korea’s greater capital region for a second day Thursday, leaving at least one person ...

SEOUL--The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday dismissed South Korean claims the North is removing ...

Koryo High School from Hiroshima withdrew from the 107th National High School Baseball Championship following criticism and ...

Chinese media representatives swarmed around a small-statured man as he apologized before a memorial monument on the ...

Two people were feared dead and four others were missing after heavy rain pounded northern parts of the main island of Kyushu ...

MANILA--The Philippine military on Tuesday blamed China for the collision of two Chinese navy and coast guard ships while ...

MANILA--The U.S. deployed two warships Wednesday in a disputed South China Sea shoal where two Chinese ships collided earlier in the week while trying to drive away a smaller Philippine ship in a high ...

BANGKOK--Thailand’s army warned that it may have to “exercise the right of self-defense” in response to continuing incidents ...

Japanese pop idol Kenshin Kamimura was found guilty of a charge of indecent assault on a female interpreter in a Hong Kong ...