The Supreme Court has upheld lower court rulings that acquitted two former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings over the 2011 nuclear crisis at its Fukushima No. 1 power...

U.S. President Donald Trump is delaying 25% tariffs on cars from Mexico and Canada and might consider carve-outs for agricultural imports from those countries, signaling again that he is both...

A coupler connecting the Hayabusa No. 21 and Komachi No. 21 trains on the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train line in eastern and northeastern Japan came undone on Thursday, temporarily halting...

The weighted average of wage hikes demanded by 2,939 member unions of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, in this year’s shuntō labor-management negotiations came to 6.09%, a Rengo...

Japanese workers are demanding the largest salary hike since 1993 in ongoing pay negotiations, as both central bank and government officials look for signals of sustainable wage growth that could...

Bangladesh – A lack of funds will force rations to be halved for around 1 million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh from next month, the United Nations food agency has said....

Racers shut away for a week incommunicado and airport-style metal detectors — powerboating in Japan deploys strict measures as one of only four sports in the country that can be...

It doesn’t look like Tiger Woods will be playing in next week’s Players Championship, if his remarks at Tuesday’s TGL event are any indication. With the Masters looming five weeks...

POCHEON, South Korea – Fifteen people were injured in South Korea on Thursday after bombs dropped by fighter jets landed in a civilian district, damaging houses and a church during...