South Korea will welcome U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday with a replica gold crown and award him with the "Grand Order of Mugunghwa", the country's highest decoration, the presidential office ...

The Republican-led U.S. Senate passed legislation on Tuesday that would overturn President Donald Trump's tariffs against Brazil by terminating the national emergency he declared in July in ...

An 8-year-old boy was hit by a train and dragged beneath it on Wednesday morning in Fukuoka Prefecture in southwestern Japan, but managed to survive without any major injuries, police said. The train ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and U.S. President Donald Trump refrained from engaging in detailed discussions about Japan's defense spending during their first summit on Tuesday, but Washington is ...

Shares were mostly higher Wednesday in Asia as Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index surged more than 2% to another record. U.S. futures were mixed and oil prices were little changed. U.S. President ...

Police in Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture, have arrested a 32-year-old woman on suspicion of killing a 21-year-old Nepalese man at a hotel. According to police, Mami Asaka, a part-time worker, is ...

Vladimir Guerrero Jr blasted a two-run home run as the Toronto Blue Jays bounced back to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 and tie the World Series at two games apiece on Tuesday. Less than 24 hours ...

Japan is truly a haven of exquisite gardens. In Koto Ward, about a three-minute walk from Kiyosumi-Shirakawa station, Kiyosumi Gardens is an absolute gem overflowing with rocks, stoned pathways, ...

Japan's new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed during their first summit on Tuesday to strengthen the bilateral alliance's deterrence and response capabilities and ...

A judge in Chicago took the rare step Tuesday of ordering a senior U.S. Border Patrol official to brief her every night, an unprecedented bid to impose real-time oversight on the government’s ...

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday talked up "high-level exchanges" in a call with Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi, hinting at a potential meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping ...

Charles Crabtree is an assistant professor in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. He says new Prime Minister Sanae Takichi inherits a political and ...