Japan’s space agency announced Friday a plan to launch a major upgrade to its satellite imaging system, as a new flagship ...

SINGAPORE/LONDON--The yen rose sharply after hitting its weakest level in three decades against the U.S. dollar with markets ...

Stunning views of the architectural anatomy of a centuries-old Buddhist temple here have been revealed using the latest ...

Katsu Tsunoda, senior managing director of The Asahi Shimbun Co., will be promoted to president and chief executive officer, ...

DOHA, Qatar-- South Korea will miss the men’s soccer tournament at the Olympics for the first time since 1984 after losing a ...

The spawning season for ito, often called “phantom fish,” is drawing to a close in the Kushirogawa river water ...

MANILA--France and the Philippines will begin talks next month on a defense pact that would allow troops from each country to ...

Hospitals in South Korea’s smaller cities are struggling with a lack of physicians, as a nationwide strike of trainee doctors ...

Toyota launched a public transport pilot on Thursday with nine fully electric Hilux Revo pickup trucks in Thailand, a key Southeast Asian battleground for electric vehicles where Chinese players are ...

BEIJING--How about turning a car’s front bucket seats 180 degrees so they face the rear seats and extending out a table so ...

SEOUL--North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday inspected the test-firing of 240 mm multiple launch rockets manufactured ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he plans to visit China in May, in what could become the first foreign trip ...