China’s national security authorities in Hong Kong and the city’s police launched their first publicly known joint operation, ...

Japan’s Princess Kako, a niece of Emperor Naruhito, was welcomed on Wednesday by Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ...

Japan will hold a tender for tariff-free imported staple rice this month, earlier than the usual auction in September, to ...

Markets in Asia opened lower early Friday while oil prices surged after Israel attacked Iran’s capital amid the ramping up tensions over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.

Official campaigning for the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election with all 127 seats at stake started on June 13, with the ...

Mysterious geometric patterns dubbed “underwater crop circles” are appearing on the seafloor as the spawning season of a ...

The new prime minister of Mongolia has pledged to address the economic demands of protesters after their daily rallies led to ...

More families are wading into terraced paddy fields across Japan for the back-breaking work of growing rice under “part-time ...

People caught reselling rice for a profit, including the government’s emergency supplies, will face a fine or even ...

TORONTO--U.S. President Donald Trump will arrive Sunday for a Group of Seven summit in a country he has suggested should be ...

A veterinarian has died after showing symptoms consistent with a potentially deadly infectious disease transmitted by ticks ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, Komeito, have finalized a plan to provide cash to the public ...