Japan

Japan erupted with joy as the samurai series “Shogun” won a record 18 Emmys for its first season. It took home prizes including Outstanding Drama Series, as star and co-producer…

China’s Ministry of National Defense has announced it will hold joint naval and air drills with Russia starting this month, underlining the close ties between the militaries of the two…

China has warned of severe economic retaliation against Japan if it further restricts chipmaking equipment sales and servicing to Chinese firms, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with…

Millions of people were ordered to evacuate their homes as Typhoon Shanshan lashed southwest Japan with strong winds and torrential rain, knocking out power, snarling air traffic, and forcing major…

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, in a surprise move Wednesday, announced he will not run in the upcoming party leadership vote in September, paving the way for Japan to have…

A 6.9-magnitude earthquake followed by a 7.1 tremor struck off southern Japan on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said, with the local meteorological agency warning of tsunamis striking coastal…

Japan on Friday disciplined more than 200 defence personnel, including the military’s top brass and senior bureaucrats, for mishandling classified material and other incidents. The information security problems have occurred…

President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that “xenophobia” from China to Japan and India is hobbling their growth, as he argued that migration has been good for the U.S. economy.…

Three men were injured on Wednesday in a stabbing incident and taken to hospital after a woman wielded a knife on a train at Akihabara Station in Tokyo, Japanese police…

A powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake — measured as the “strongest” on the Japanese scale — rocked Japan on Monday prompting a tsunami warning for a broad swath of the country’s…