A cross-party group of around 70 Japanese lawmakers on Tuesday attended the spring festival at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, regarded as a symbol of the country's past militarism by its Asian neighbors.

Thailand's negotiations with Washington on steep trade tariffs were postponed because the United States has asked Bangkok to review important issues, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said on ...

Asian shares were trading mixed Tuesday amid global skepticism about U.S. investments and President Donald Trump’s trade war. Trading was cautious in Asia, where the benchmark Nikkei 225 lost 0.2% in ...

Bullion hit another record Tuesday while the dollar steadied and equities mostly fell as Donald Trump's latest salvo against Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell added fuel to fears about the central ...

Harvard University announced Monday that it was suing the Trump administration to halt a freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grants after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration’s ...

A commercial airliner was on final approach to San Francisco’s international airport in November when the crew spotted a drone outside the cockpit window. By then it was too late “to take evasive ...

A 35-year-old mother was acquitted Monday of defrauding a cooperative out of mutual aid money by starving her daughter to the point of hospitalization in 2023. The Osaka District Court, however, gave ...

Police in Yokohama have arrested a 47-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder after he hit his 81-year-old father with a hammer. According to the police, Seiichi Iwasaki hit his father, Teruo, ...

Oscar voters will be required to demonstrate that they have watched all the films in each category before they cast their final ballots, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced ...

The words “anime concert” may bring to mind masses of enthusiastically sweaty otaku waving glowsticks around as an idol unit performs a hyper-joyous opening theme on stage. And while there’s nothing ...

A Chinese man convicted of fatally stabbing a 10-year-old Japanese schoolboy in Shenzhen, southern China, in September has been executed, a diplomatic source said Monday. Zhong Changchun was sentenced ...

President Donald Trump repeated his attacks Monday against the chair of the Federal Reserve, demanding that the central bank lower its key interest rate to boost the economy. Trump called Powell “a ...