Discontent is growing in the Tokyo metropolitan area due to proposals to construct giant data centers in residential areas, with industry groups working to smooth relations between locals concerned ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday expressed hope for a stable improvement in ties with South Korea under new President Lee Jae Myung, saying he wants to hold summit talks at an early ...

Chinese Premier Li Qiang has called for deepening cooperation with Japan to counter "challenges to the world" posed by U.S. high tariffs as he met a Japanese business delegation led by former House of ...

A 36-year-old man went on trial Tuesday, charged with killing his 40-year-old female colleague in Yamanashi Prefecture last year. In the opening session of his lay judge trial at the Kofu District ...

The U.S. tariff rate on most imported steel and aluminum will double on Wednesday as President Donald Trump ratchets up a global trade war on the same day he expects trading partners to deliver their ...

U.S. President Donald Trump discussed cooperating with Japan on developing technology for his planned Golden Dome missile defence shield during a phone call with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ...

Canada's wildfires, which have already forced evacuations of more than 26,000 people, continued their stubborn spread Tuesday, with heavy smoke choking millions of Canadians and Americans and reaching ...

China said Monday it "firmly rejects" U.S. claims that it had violated a sweeping tariffs deal, as tensions between the two economic superpowers showed signs of ratcheting back up. Beijing and ...

Shops selling steaming snacks line the streets of Seoul's Daerim neighborhood, home to thousands of ethnic Chinese, some feeling the pressure from mounting anti-Beijing sentiment ahead of South ...

Police in Gyoda City, Saitama Prefecture, have arrested a 39-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of attempting to kill a police officer who had come to his home in answer to a 110 call. According to ...

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The Diet on Friday began its first deliberations in 28 years on legislation that would give married couples the option of keeping different surnames. The passage of any of the three bills submitted ...