SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's Supreme Court on Thursday handed a suspended prison sentence to a former lawmaker who was ...

The argument behind the Democratic Party for the People's aim of raising the tax-free income threshold — its key demand to ...

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group , Japan's second-largest lender by assets, raised its annual net profit forecast on Thursday ...

Young people from around the world have been hearing stories from atomic bomb survivors, or hibakusha, in Hiroshima as part ...

The CEO of U.S. semiconductor giant Nvidia Corp. expressed high hopes for Japan’s role in the artificial intelligence ...

DENPASAR, Indonesia--Several international airlines canceled flights to and from Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali on ...

TOKYO -- Children from financially struggling families are more likely to feel that school is not fun, a survey of some 6,000 ...

Mizuho Financial Group Inc. raised its full-year profit forecast and announced a stock buyback after first-half results were boosted by lending income and gains from sales of shareholdings.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Japan's top lender by assets, on Thursday raised its annual net profit forecast to a record 1 ...

The session will be convened to discuss a fiscal 2024 supplementary budget that will finance a planned economic package.

Japanese icefish fishing is at its peak in Lake Kasumigaura, northeast of Tokyo. The lake in Ibaraki Prefecture is known for ...