The present-day grand sumo tournament originated from “kanjin zumo,” — events held to raise funds for temples or shrines ...

India and the Philippines have staged joint naval exercises in the disputed South China Sea for the first time, a ...

Health and life insurer Aflac AFL.N on Tuesday beat Wall Street estimates for second quarter profit, driven by steady premium ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average ended higher on Tuesday, tracking Wall Street’s strong finish overnight, while losses in ...

Typhoon Krosa Set to Remain Near Japan's Ogasawara Islands until ... Typhoon Krosa Set to Move Closer to Japan's Kanto Region ...

Japan’s real wages fell in June for the sixth consecutive month as inflation continued to outpace pay growth, government data ...

Mazda Motor 7261.T said on Tuesday it expects a 145.2 billion yen ($987.02 million) hit to its operating profit this business ...

More than 800 structures are threatened by a massive wildfire in central California that left at least three people injured ...

Utility workers excavating trenches to expand underground gas networks in Peru’s capital unearthed two pre-Incan tombs on ...

Scientists are tracking a large gas planet experiencing quite a quandary as it orbits extremely close to a young star — a ...

Japan. Under a pair of mushroom clouds created by the enormous energy released by nuclear fission, the cities of Hiroshima ...

Ongoing talks to open the Japanese market to Brazilian beef are focusing on supplies from three small Brazilian exporting states, upsetting other parts of the South American country’s industry that ...