Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has urged Group of Seven leaders to unite on bringing peace to war-torn Ukraine, but stressed that the grouping be careful “not to draw the wrong...

KYIV – Ukraine hosted European leaders on Monday to mark three years of all-out war with Russia since Moscow’s invasion, while top U.S. officials stayed away in a clear illustration...

Misako Yoshimura, an 81-year-old resident of the town of Yonabaru, Okinawa Prefecture, has no memory of seeing her father smile. What she remembers instead is him sitting on the porch...

Showa Kogyo, a metal processing firm in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, has developed a fish-gathering plate to attract thread-sail filefish as its first attempt in its 76-year history to create its...

Two of President Donald Trump’s top advisers declined to describe Russia as the aggressor in the war in Ukraine, as the administration seeks Vladimir Putin’s support for a peace deal....

Former world No. 1 Venus Williams will not compete at next month’s Indian Wells tournament despite the WTA 1000 event giving the 44-year-old American a wild card. Williams, who played...

LONDON – Russia’s overheating economy is on the cusp of serious cooling, as huge fiscal stimulus, soaring interest rates, stubbornly high inflation and Western sanctions take their toll, but after...

Japan’s biggest banks and regional lenders are tightening controls on the management of safe-deposit boxes after a string of thefts involving bank employees rocked public confidence. The incidents have intensified...

Tokyo police arrested a 17-year-old boy on suspicion of attempted murder after another 17-year-old was stabbed to death on a street in the capital’s Adachi Ward early Monday. Police officers...