East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) announced plans for a new overnight express train connecting Tokyo with the northeastern ...

BANGKOK--Thailand’s Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office pending an investigation ...

Following an unseasonably intense heat wave, last month was officially declared the country's hottest June since ...

Seeking relief from the brutal heat, I wandered into a botanical garden and found a cluster of “hangesho” (Chinese lizard's ...

BANGKOK--Thailand’s Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office Tuesday pending an ...

WASHINGTON--The United States could reach a trade deal with India that would help American companies compete in the South ...

A rural police station is counting on older residents to persuade their grandchildren to come back to their hometown and work ...

KYOTO--With women’s universities across Japan increasingly shifting toward coeducation or shutting their doors, Kyoto Women’s ...

OSAKA—The master pyrotechnicians behind the Omagari fireworks festival, Japan’s most prestigious fireworks competition, lit ...

WASHINGTON--U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosted his Australian, Indian and Japanese counterparts on Tuesday, seeking ...

The house that property consultant and ghost investigator Kazutoshi Kodama regularly surveys has a grim history: seven years ...

Business sentiment among large Japanese manufacturers has improved slightly, according to a survey by Japan’s central bank ...