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A South Korean court on Wednesday dismissed a case brought by a handful of World War II sex slaves and their families against the Japanese government,...

Call it the mite of Twitter: Japanese and Austrian researchers have confirmed a bug they spotted posted in a tweet is a previously unknown species,...

Japan's third most populated region on Tuesday asked the central government to impose a state of emergency over the coronavirus as infections...

The EU on Monday announced sanctions on 10 Myanmar junta officials and two conglomerates linked to the military over the coup and bloody crackdown...

Japan has urged Myanmar authorities to release a Japanese journalist in custody at a Yangon prison, one of at least 65 reporters arrested during...

Japanese chip manufacturer Renesas on Saturday restarted production about a month after a factory fire that threatens to worsen a global chip...

The United States and Japan vowed Friday to stand firm together against an assertive China and to step up cooperation on climate change and next-generation...

Craftsman Kimiaki Kono was hoping the Tokyo Olympics would be a chance to win new fans for Japan's lute-like shamisen, but the pandemic has left...

A senior Japanese politician said cancelling the Tokyo Olympics over the coronavirus remains a possibility on Thursday, as a surge in cases renews...

Japan's prime minister heads to Washington on Thursday to become the first foreign leader to hold face-to-face talks with US President Joe Biden,...

Holding the postponed Tokyo Olympics this summer will be "really difficult" given a spike in coronavirus infections across Japan, the head of...

Japan's decision to release more than one million tonnes of treated radioactive water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea...

Japan will release more than a million tonnes of treated water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean, the government said...

Japan's government has approved a plan to release over one million tonnes of treated water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant into the...

Japan has decided to release treated water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, reports said Friday, despite strong opposition...

Japan's government will approve tighter coronavirus measures for the capital on Friday, weeks after lifting a state of emergency and with just...