Japan’s rugby union said Tuesday it was seeking answers after its chairman Kensuke Iwabuchi was suspended from his position with Asia Rugby pending an investigation into a potential code of...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Tuesday that same-day admission tickets will be introduced for the 2025 World Exposition to be held in Osaka. This was announced at a meeting at...

Nearly 14 years after the Great East Japan Earthquake struck on March 11, 2011, destroyed buildings that serve as reminders of the disaster are continuing to deteriorate. Local governments looking...

With massive eyes drawn on her face, a brightly colored vinyl bodysuit and eclectic trinkets and toys glued to her wig, drag queen Rock M. Sakura epitomizes the intersection of...

Gunma Prefecture was the most desired relocation destination in Japan in 2024, according to a survey by a nonprofit organization. The survey, conducted by Furusato Kaiki Shien Center, which provides...

Hong Kong – A Chinese national political adviser has recommended lowering the legal age for marriage to 18 to boost fertility chances in the face of a declining population and...

Taipei – Yuichiro Tamaki, head of the opposition Democratic Party for the People, visited Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te at the presidential office in Taipei on Monday for their first meeting....

Hong Kong officials this week will unveil plans on how they’ll solve the mounting challenges facing Asia’s financial capital — chief among them slower growth and the longest string of...

A trading room about an hour’s train ride from Tokyo is on the radar of Japanese government bond investors waiting to see whether domestic banks will resume buying the nation’s...