The Bank of Japan raises its policy interest rate to 0.5 percent from 0.25 percent, its highest level in about 17 years, amid expectations for wage hikes in this year's annual labor-management negotia ...

Ozeki Hoshoryu hands overnight leader Kinbozan his second defeat of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament, but the wrestler from ...

A Chinese court has sentenced a man to death over a knife attack near Shanghai last June that injured a Japanese mother and ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said in in an interview aired Jan. 23 that he intends to reengage with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

China says no abnormalities were found in seawater samples it independently collected near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi ...

Mitsubishi Motors Corp., a partner of Nissan Motor Co., will not join a planned merger between Nissan and Honda Motor Co. that could potentially create the world's third-largest auto group, according ...

Traditionally made, chilled "kan-somen" noodles shimmered in the winter cold in mid-January as their annual production peaked on Shodo Island in western Japan's Seto Inland Sea.

Japan forward Ayase Ueda scored off the bench as Feyenoord stunned Bayern Munich 3-0 at home in the Champions League ...

Ichiro Suzuki, the first Japanese-born player elected to Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame, reacted humorously Thursday to the one vote that he did not secure. The voting results Tuesd ...

U.S. President Donald Trump says he thinks his administration will have a "very good relationship" with China and all he wants regarding trade issues with the Asian power is "fairness." ...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the nominees for this year's awards, with a long-form documentary directed by Japanese journalist Shiori Ito about her own sexual assault ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio agreed Tuesday with his counterparts from Japan, Australia and India to strengthen a free ...