TOKYO--Asian shares were mostly higher Tuesday in quiet holiday trading, while Japan’s benchmark rose to new records on hope ...

NARA--Motoko Shimada fondly recalls when a classmate at her public school in the western Japanese city of Nara, Sanae Takaichi, showed early signs of the leadership that would set her on course to ...

Prefectural police arrested a couple here on suspicion of disguising approximately 45 tons of rice from Vietnam as ...

Sanae Takaichi, new president of the Liberal Democratic Party, launched her party leadership team on Oct. 7, featuring some ...

A weary Shimon Sakaguchi arrived at the University of Osaka on the morning of Oct. 7 and managed to smile as he accepted a ...

Immunologist Shimon Sakaguchi, a co-winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, said he hopes research in his field will soon produce therapeutic applications to autoimmune diseases.

Typhoon No. 22 is expected to intensify and could approach the Izu island chain south of Tokyo with a “very strong” force by ...

Japanese teachers continue to work the most hours among educators in major countries and regions, according to a survey by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

On a recent day, customers lined up in front of a store in Tokyo's posh Ginza district before it opened, touted as a ...

HIROSHIMA—The leader of opposition party Sanseito ruled out joining the minority government of the “failing” Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito after Sanae Takaichi was elected LDP president.

Japan is set to have its first female prime minister after Sanae Takaichi won the leadership election of the Liberal ...

MANILA--Asian shares were mixed on Friday after heavy buying of tech shares led benchmarks on Wall Street to more records.