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

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

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

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

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

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

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Two Chinese scholars who had been teaching at universities in Japan for many years recently went missing within months of ...

YOKOHAMA--The new arena complex that opened April 1 in this port city pays homage to the past. It was built to replace the ...

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