Whether it's the way people greet each other or how they handle their food, these cultural quirks can be surprising and sometimes bewildering. Here are 14 cultural norms from around the world that ...

A 27-year-old prince has proposed to his girlfriend while on a family trip to Japan for another wedding. The lovely news has ...

Investors bailing out of the yen and Japan's government bonds have driven borrowing costs there to record highs, bending ...

As many as one in five Americans now want to leave the US for good, according to a 025 Gallup poll. What’s behind it and ...

Japan's export of lethal weapons sent an "extremely dangerous signal" indicating expanded military capabilities, Chinese observers and media said on Thursday as relations between the two countries ...

The UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) has expanded its methanol poisoning warning to cover eight additional countries where incidents have been recorded among British travellers.

Joe Fowler moved to Japan to teach English after a chance meeting with a recruiter. Twenty years later he says he wouldn’t ...

Treasures from late Samsung boss Lee Kun-hee’s art collection are on show in the US after his family donated over 23,000 artworks to the South Korean public.

In the U.S., uncertainty around the Federal Reserve's next interest-rate decision in December means markets will be scrutinizing data. It will be a shortened week with Thanksgiving on Thursday, ...

Sanae Takaichi’s spending plans have sent Japan’s bonds and currency tumbling, raising the specter of an unruly capital ...

The mutated strain, known as subclade K, is causing a surge in cases in the United Kingdom, Canada, and Japan. Here's what to know.

Rental Family,” a moving drama from Searchlight Pictures starring Brendan Fraser, is sure to spark interest in Japan’s real-life industry.