SEOUL--South Korea’s special prosecutor on Wednesday sought a 15-year jail term for former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on ...

The government plans to significantly lower the threshold to bar re-entry of foreign visitors with unpaid medical bills in ...

BANGKOK--The Southeast Asian regional bloc will find it difficult to re-engage with Myanmar even after its upcoming election, ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who recently triggered China’s fury with a comment suggesting a Chinese move against ...

A review of the legal regulations as well as efforts by all the relevant government ministries are needed to eradicate the ...

TAIPEI--Taiwan will introduce a $40 billion supplementary defense budget to underscore its determination to defend itself, ...

Chinese censors are apparently scrubbing citizens’ online views that diverge from Beijing’s official line concerning Prime ...

Japan is trying to keep the feud from escalating but has shown no sign of backing down. That dovetails with how some other ...

OITA—A “fire whirl” was observed in the deadly conflagration that has devastated the Saganoseki district of Oita city.

MUMBAI,--India said it had registered a strong protest with China over what it said was the arbitrary detention of an Indian ...

The Asahi Shimbun was selected for the 2025 Tokyo Press Photographers Association Award based on the newspaper’s body of work ...

On Nov. 26, 1935, the inaugural ceremony of the Japan P.E.N. Club was held in Tokyo, attended by many of the era’s leading ...