The Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, has incorporated a new wage increase target of “around 6%” into its demands for next year’s shunto spring wage negotiations between labor and ...

The number of Japanese children born in Tokyo during the first half of this year increased by 4.7% compared to last year, reaching 41,745, according to data released by the Health, Labor and Welfare ...

An evaluation body of UNESCO has recommended “shodo,” the traditional Japanese art of calligraphy, for inscription on the U..N. cultural agency’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list, Japan’s Agency for ...

Sister Brother Manhole Cover,” directed by Milcho Manchevski, won the top prize at the 39th Tokyo International Film Festival, which concluded on Wednesday. The film depicts siblings living in poverty ...

North Korea test-fired a newly designed air-defence missile system and staged a cruise missile strike drill on Wednesday, state media KCNA said on Thursday.

Japan’s National Police Agency said Wednesday that, in cooperation with Google LLC, it has detected malware in Android TV devices produced by a Chinese manufacturer and sold by mass retailers around ...

South Korea plans to expand the operations of its anti-piracy Cheonghae unit to waters closer to the Strait of Hormuz, the Defence Ministry said, following pressure from US President Donald Trump to ...

Activist Joshua Wong, who became the global face of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, is due to be sentenced on Thursday on a charge of collusion with foreign entities, which could put him behind ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in an interview on Wednesday, said he hoped gains by Democrats in the US midterm elections would generate more help for Ukraine in its 4-1/2-year-long war with ...

Democrats in Texas took control of the state House after historic wins for governor and U.S. Senate, part of a series of sweeping gains nationwide in Tuesday’s elections that shifted the balance of ...

JD Vance publicly broke from President Donald Trump ‘s defense of the Iran war Wednesday after the Republican Party’s deep losses in the midterm elections, attempting to distance himself from voters’ ...

Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday accepted the certified results of last week’s parliamentary elections as legally binding and began consultations with party representatives on forming a new ...