A 200 kilometre autumn cycling journey through Yamaguchi reveals samurai heritage, terraced rice fields and the warmth of coastal and mountain communities. Japan’s mountains, coastlines and farmlands ...

SINGAPORE – A horse escaped a university campus in Japan’s Kanagawa prefecture on the morning of Jan 5 and reportedly returned on its own after a 20-minute city tour. According to local media outlets, ...

sparking tensions with China, concern is mounting that the absence of moderate voices around her could allow her hardline tendencies to go largely unchecked. With senior moderates within her party and ...

With its laid-back seafaring culture and unique wildlife, the Yaeyama archipelago in Japan’s far southern Okinawa prefecture ...

Japan plans to tighten laws around large-scale solar Japan is set to impose stricter environmental oversight on future large-scale solar projects. The government may also discontinue financial support ...

The new year swept in across the Middle East, Europe and Africa after drummers in Asia pounded in 2026 and fireworks lit the skies. List of companies being boycotted in January Ohio State’s $35 ...

With the price of pitching sky-high and pitchers often hurt, a wave of mid-career imports have arrived in MLB, touting big ...

TOKYO, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan should set policy to anchor long-term inflation expectations around 2%, former deputy governor Masazumi Wakatabe, who is currently a member of a key ...

HONG KONG — China's military on Monday dispatched air, navy and rocket troops to conduct joint live-fire drills around the island of Taiwan, which Beijing called a “stern warning” against separatist ...

Around 130 people sheltered inside the Shinto shrine after roads around it were shut off More than 100 people have had to shelter in a shrine on a mountain top in Japan after heavy snowfall cut off ...