SEOUL--South Korean President Lee Jae Myung vowed on Thursday to implement a “bold” fiscal policy to boost a flagging economy ...

Campaigning officially started on July 3 for an Upper House election that could further upend the power structure in Japanese ...

BANGKOK--A U.S. judge has ruled that China’s Huawei Technologies, a leading telecoms equipment company, must face criminal ...

TOTTORI—An unfounded rumor of an impending major earthquake in Japan has forced international flights between Yonago Kitaro ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a tough test in an upper house election later this month as his minority ...

NEW YORK--U.S. stocks ticked higher on Wednesday to hit another all-time high. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% and set a record for the ...

TOSHIMA, Kagoshima Prefecture–A series of earthquakes that have rattled remote islands and put residents on edge here ...

The Democratic Party for the People modified language in its Upper House election manifesto that was criticized as xenophobic by voices both inside and outside the party.

Hong Kong’s government on Wednesday proposed a registration system that would recognize same-sex partnerships formed overseas, granting such couples more rights in the city.

神面は 室町時代 に作られた本面と、これを 江戸時代 に模して作った写し面がある。昨夏の山鉾巡行が終わると木箱で保管し、今夏の神事始めにあたる吉符（きっぷ）入りのこの日に木箱から取り出す。

3日午後4時13分ごろ、 鹿児島県 のトカラ列島近海を震源とする地震があり、最大震度6弱を観測した。 気象庁 によると、震源の深さは約20キロ、地震の規模を示す マグニチュード は5.5と推定される。この地震による津波の心配はないという。

3日午後4時13分ごろに発生した鹿児島県・トカラ列島近海を震源とする地震で、同県十島村の悪石島では最大震度6弱を観測した。島民たちは、これまでで一番大きな揺れに驚き、一斉に避難した。