The Hinomaru flag is displayed on national holidays or waved to cheer on the Japanese national team during international ...

A palantir is a magical “seeing stone,” born of the splendid imagination of J.R.R. Tolkien (1892–1973), the British writer ...

JAKARTA—Indonesia's anti-graft court on Tuesday sentenced one of the co-founders of ride-hailing and payments giant Gojek to ...

Asian shares were mostly higher on Tuesday tracking Wall Street gains, with South Korea’s stock market rebounding after sharp ...

Japan Airlines Co. (JAL) improperly received government subsidies for a national “flying car” research project and will repay ...

Electric utilities’ secret recordings of court proceedings were aimed at collecting as much information as possible—including ...

A self-exiled billionaire Chinese business tycoon once believed to be among China's wealthiest men was sentenced Monday to 30 ...

Two major storm systems pounded Japan on Saturday, causing landslides and floods and leaving one dead and several injured, ...

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama reiterated ‌on Tuesday that authorities stood ready to respond to currency ⁠moves, ...

Nikka Whisky Distilling Co. will open its first directly operated permanent flagship bar on July 2 in Tokyo’s Omotesando ...

Although Typhoon No. 8 was initially forecast to weaken before approaching Japan, the Japan Meteorological Agency reported ...

The yen plunged to a nearly 40-year low on June 30, hitting the 162-yen mark against the dollar in a historic slide that an ...