OSAKA—A 21-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of killing a 17-year-old boy and gravely injuring two other boys of the ...

BANGKOK--A defamation case by Malaysia’s telecoms regulator against an Australian resident in Thailand was formally withdrawn from a Thai court on Monday after mediation, the sued man and his lawyer ...

KYOTO—More than 10,000 visitors have already stepped onto the otherworldly grounds of Toji temple here in the week since the start of its “Toji Tsuki Kairou” (Toji moon corridor).

Myanmar has ordered the head of East Timor’s diplomatic mission to leave the country within seven days, state media quoted ...

Asia shares were mixed on Monday and gold declined, as several stock markets were closed or trading for a half-day ahead of ...

ByteDance will take steps to prevent the unauthorized use of intellectual property on its AI video generator Seedance 2.0, the Chinese technology firm said ‌on Monday, following threats of legal ...

Japan's economy limped back to meager growth in the fourth quarter, significantly missing market expectations in a key test for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government as cost-of-living ‌pressures ...

Excitement is heating up in Japan over its athletes’ soaring medal count at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics whose ...

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell about 1% on Tuesday following a U.S. national holiday, while most markets in Asia ...

FUKUOKA—The Fukuoka High Court on Feb. 16 rejected a retrial for Michitoshi Kuma, a former death row inmate executed for the 1992 abduction and murders of two young girls in a case known as the ...

BEIJING--An explosion and fire at a fireworks shop in eastern China has killed eight people and left two others with minor ...