Archaeologists have made a groundbreaking leap in identifying a set of gilt‑bronze armor fittings adorned with an intricate ...

KYOTO—The character for “kuma” (bear) is the kanji of the year, a not unexpected choice that narrowly edged out the character ...

A fallen tree caused a single-car train to derail and plunge off a bridge in northern Japan early on Dec. 12, injuring the ...

Hideyoshi just prior to learning of the death of his master, warlord Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582), has been discovered and purchased on an auction site.

A Japanese research team has confirmed a new clione species first found about a decade ago that is believed to have evolved ...

Retired Chinese official Li Chuanliang was recuperating from cancer on a Korean resort island when he got an urgent call: Don’t return to China, a friend warned. You’re now a fugitive.

The information added another layer of shock and sadness for the parents. The acquaintance, the last person to see their son ...

Aftershocks continued into the morning of Dec. 9 following a magnitude-7.5 earthquake that struck off Aomori Prefecture, ...

The day three “grim reapers” of the train world will join their brethren in the scrapyard is fast approaching after decades ...

BANGKOK--Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul received royal permission Friday to dissolve Parliament, setting up ...

Isuzu Motors Ltd. will soon conduct trial runs of a self-driving truck for transporting spare parts along a public road, the ...

Waking up in Gaza where there is no electricity or running water, Fatima Hassouna reminds herself every morning: “This is ...