Japan’s Cabinet has approved the country’s largest-ever defense budget for the coming fiscal year — 8.7 trillion yen, or ...

The U.S. dollar edged higher on Thursday on expectations the currency would be boosted next year by policies by the incoming ...

A Shinto shrine in Tokushima Prefecture, western Japan, is training young women as "miko" attendants to welcome worshippers during the New Year holidays.

The standout growth in Taiwan's stock market was largely driven by the country's critical role in the global semiconductor ...

By Leika Kihara and Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) -Core inflation in Japan's capital accelerated in December while ...

A report confirmed prior indications that a pilot’s misunderstanding of air traffic control directives, and a missed warning, ...

Japan's cabinet on Friday approved a record $730 billion budget for the fiscal year starting in April, while limiting new ...

Prosecutors failed to properly investigate Iwao Hakamata, 88, who was acquitted this year in his retrial for the murder of ...