Rescue workers completed building a ramp in a desperate attempt to reach a truck driver trapped for days inside a sinkhole here.

NARA--A festival that involves setting fire to a grassy mountain slope was held at Mount Wakakusayama here to herald the ...

JAKARTA--The defense ministers of France and Indonesia agreed Friday to work more closely to maintain regional stability, ...

A former correctional officer offered a rare first-hand account of the execution of a death row inmate he participated in ...

MANILA--Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. offered on Friday to remove a U.S. missile system from the Philippines if ...

Even though the Tokaido Shinkansen boasts some of the world’s most sophisticated high-speed rail technologies, it has made ...

OSAKA—An external review released by the city government here on Jan. 30 found that improved negotiations could have slashed ...

TAIPEI--A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook buildings in Taiwan on Thursday morning, as a series of temblors hit the island, ...

Japan received reassurances of continued close ties with its U.S. ally including confirmation that a security treaty covers ...

The iconic Doctor Yellow, a brightly colored train that has patrolled the Shinkansen tracks for 24 years, arrived at Tokyo ...

Japan is belatedly addressing an issue described as critically urgent: how to protect undersea cables used for internet ...

Toyota Motor sold 10.8 million vehicles in 2024, it said on Thursday, remaining the world's top-selling automaker for a fifth ...