Japan's steadily declining births and overall aging population present serious long-term risks, threatening to sap the world's fifth-largest economy of vitality and strain its social welfare system.

TOKYO: Gamers finally got their hands on Nintendo's new Switch 2 on Thursday (Jun 5), the console that could score record ...

A private lunar lander from Japan is closing in on the moon, aiming for a touchdown in the unexplored far north ...

The Boxer Rebellion in 1900 brought Millard to China. Initially, he shared many of the era's Western biases, but his views ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Suzuki Motor had suspended production of its Swift car due to China's rare earth restrictions, two sources ...

The number of newborns in Japan fell below 700,000 for the first time since records began in 1899. The government data ...

Foreign Minister Wang Yi expressed the hope that insightful individuals and friendly organizations in Japan could continue to ...

The first-ever Starbucks Global Barista Championship will feature 12 elite competitors who will face off in Las Vegas from ...

Shares advanced Wednesday in Europe and Asia after U.S. stocks drifted closer to their records. Germany's DAX climbed 0.8% to ...

President Lee Jae-myung said he'll pursue pragmatic diplomacy and boost a trilateral Seoul-Washington-Tokyo cooperation based on the South Korea-U.S. alliance. Lee won a snap election Tuesday for a ...

China has qualified for only one men's World Cup. That was 2002 when it went scoreless and lost all three matches. Soccer's governing body FIFA places China at No. 94 in its rankings — behind war-torn ...