Reports uncovered at a sanitarium for leprosy patients here showed that their “consent” to be subject to autopsies were often ...

One particular highlight of the event is the main venue in the park’s Minami Naikaku (South Inner Enclosure) where about ...

The health ministry on Dec. 2 discontinued traditional health insurance cards to integrate their functions into My Number ...

OSAKA—An eviction order was carried out in Osaka’s Kamagasaki district, the largest town for day laborers in Japan, eliciting ...

Led by Cristiano Ronaldo, Riyad Mahrez and Aleksandar Mitrovic, Saudi Arabian clubs are dominating the western zone of the ...

AKITA—A bizarre standoff between police and a marauding bear holed up in a supermarket here finally ended with the animal’s ...

Asia’s largest manufacturing economies stepped up activity in November, with China’s factories extending their recovery ...

MANILA--President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Monday the reported presence of a Russian submarine in the Philippine’s ...

BANGKOK--Thailand protested an incident involving Myanmar’s navy firing on Thai fishing vessels, Prime Minister Paetongtarn ...

A study has found that unless Japan starts allowing married couples to have separate surnames, all Japanese people will share the same family name of Sato in about 500 years. The number of ...

Lost U.S. tourist shares story of kindness shown to him in Akita ‘Human washing machine’ set to make a splash at Osaka Expo Convicted child killer re-arrested on suspicion of another murder ...

Tokyoites continued sweltering in the intense heat wave on Sept. 18 as a high temperature record dating more than 80 years fell. The mercury hit 35.1 degrees in the capital on Sept. 18, which ...