Just days after taking office, Okinawa Governor Genta Koja traveled to Tokyo on Oct. 7 to demand an end to a long-running ...

Cyberattacks and leaks of personal information have surged this year, as companies and the National Police Agency struggle to keep pace technologically to thwart such breaches.

All Seven-Eleven outlets in India have closed, reducing the number of countries and territories where the convenience store chain operates to 18.

Three deaths in flooded underpasses in Chiba and Fukushima prefectures have prompted new safety measures, including barriers ...

The lush grasses at Ozegahara, the mountain marshland spanning the borders of Gunma, Fukushima and Niigata prefectures, have ...

SEOUL―Samsung Electronics is expected to report a nearly nine-fold jump in third-quarter operating profit, driven by robust AI demand, though analysts have cut forecasts by nearly 8% since ‌the end of ...

A scientific research organization is warning that using diabetes medications to lose weight poses potential side effects and health risks.

A peek through the music industry’s curtain at the producers who harnessed social media to help their idols go global.

LOS ANGELES—Shohei Ohtani was back in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ lineup as designated hitter on Monday night after a four-day break to deal with lingering left knee, right biceps and neck soreness. He ...

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RIYADH—Yemen’s Houthis said they attacked “sensitive” sites in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Saturday with missiles and drones, hours after flames and a large plume of smoke were seen ‌near the city’s ...

BANJARMASIN, Indonesia—The search is continuing for at least 129 people missing after a ferry overturned in bad weather in Indonesia ’s Java Sea on Sunday. At least 108 people were rescued and the ...