SEOUL--An unidentified North Korean man crossed the heavily fortified land border separating the two Koreas and is in South ...

Residents of Akusekijima island in the remote and sparsely populated Tokara chain began evacuating voluntarily early July 4 ...

TOSHIMA, Kagoshima Prefecture–A series of earthquakes that have rattled remote islands and put residents on edge here ...

NAHA—In a rare and significant move, senior officials from the U.S. Marine Corps stationed in Okinawa Prefecture formally ...

Campaigning officially started on July 3 for an Upper House election that could further upend the power structure in Japanese ...

BANGKOK--A U.S. judge has ruled that China’s Huawei Technologies, a leading telecoms equipment company, must face criminal ...

NEW YORK--U.S. stocks ticked higher on Wednesday to hit another all-time high. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% and set a record for the ...

Hong Kong’s government on Wednesday proposed a registration system that would recognize same-sex partnerships formed overseas, granting such couples more rights in the city.

The Democratic Party for the People modified language in its Upper House election manifesto that was criticized as xenophobic by voices both inside and outside the party.

米 大リーグ のロサンゼルス・ドジャースに所属する 山本由伸 選手をデザインしたマンホールが、小学生時代に練習した 岡山県 備前市 伊部（いんべ）運動公園に設置された。

4日午前7時40分ごろ、岩手県北上市和賀町山口の住宅で、この家に住む無職高橋成子さん（81）が、居間の中央付近で血を流し、倒れているのを帰宅した家族が見つけ110番通報した。高橋さんは死亡が確認された。

先日、引っ越しをした。「同じ町内やし、うちそんなにモノないし楽勝やろ」と引っ越し当日の2週間くらい前まで悠長にかまえていたら、去年引っ越しをした妹に「引っ越しを甘く見すぎている」と警告された。