BEIJING—China's legislature has dismissed 19 members, including nine who are military officers, one week ahead of the start of its annual meeting.

BANGKOK--Shares were mixed Friday in Asia after the worst day for Nvidia’s stock since last spring dragged U.S. stocks lower.

It was a morning when Tokyo was blanketed in snow. A group of young military officers, wearing white sashes, stormed the ...

Mishchenko Oleksandra will never get back her university years lost when Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 four years ago, ...

Tokyo police on Feb. 27 dismissed a 52-year-old officer with a long history of lewd behavior, including photographing the ...

The number of children victimized in crimes originating over social media rebounded in 2025, with cases involving elementary ...

A cross‑party council held its first meeting on removing the consumption tax on food items and introducing refundable tax ...

U.S. futures fell while Asian shares mostly advanced on Thursday after strong-than-expected earnings from chipmaker Nvidia ...

SEOUL--North Korean leader Kim Jong Un claimed his nuclear-armed country could “completely destroy” South Korea if its ...

Five years behind its initial schedule, Tokyo Electric Power Co. unveiled a robotic arm that it plans to use to remove ...

A new study suggests that happier people tend to have longer lives. The study covering about 3,000 people, conducted by a ...

Researchers confirmed the presence in Japan of an invasive slug species native to Europe, but little is known on whether it could affect agricultural crops and ecosystems in the country.