A two-run lead was starting to slip away from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the ninth inning -- along with their chance to force ...

A former bank branch with an imposing exterior and gorgeous interior constructed in the late Meiji era (1868-1912) overlooked the busy tra ...

With Beijing wary about how new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, known as a China hawk, will handle policies t ...

By Bill Emmott, independent writer, lecturer and international affairs consultant ...

John Wills (1921-1993). From "Haiku World. An International Poetry Almanac" (1996) by William J. Higginson.

Leaders of 21 Asia-Pacific Rim nations wrapped up their annual summit Saturday with a statement underscoring regional ec ...

Japan's Mone Chiba topped the women's short program at the Skate Canada International on Friday in her first outing in t ...

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The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum decided Saturday at its summit in South Korea that Japan will chair APEC ...

President Donald Trump declined to say Friday whether he plans to resume underground nuclear detonation tests, as he had ...

While the Japanese public's expectations for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who advocates stricter regulations on foreign ...

The mayor of a seaside city southwest of Tokyo who was accused of falsifying her educational background lost her job Friday ...