Japan's government has been considering joining a US-led space telescope initiative to search for Earth-like planets and extraterrestrial life, aiming to contribute technology and secure key research ...

Shares were mixed in thin Asian trading on Monday after U.S. stocks edged back from their all-time high. Oil prices fell and ...

The Tokyo metropolitan government will begin subsidizing pain-managed childbirth, which uses anesthesia to ease the pain of giving birth, as part of measures to tackle the declining birth rate.

The dollar firmed on Monday as traders pondered the ramifications of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff plans at the start of a week in which the Federal ...

President Trump ordered the renaming of North America's tallest peak to Mount McKinley, emphasizing American greatness. The U ...