The growing trade deficit highlights Japan's vulnerability to soaring commodity costs and slowing demand from China as the economy there struggles to maintain momentum.

The nation has already supplied about 30 million doses to 20 countries including Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines.

With hospital beds on sidewalks and testing lines winding through parks, the city’s flailing response has exposed crucial weaknesses.

Wages remain one of the most vexing problems in Japan, where policymakers want to see higher salaries to spur more domestic consumption.

A health ministry advisory board agreed that the number of new cases across the country is on the decline in almost all age groups, edging ...

The Taiwanese government has assessed the current risk of a Chinese attack to be low, regardless of what happens between Russia and Ukraine.

On Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry said military drills in Crimea — a Ukrainian region that Moscow annexed in 2014 — had ended and that ...

Vaccinations for children ages 5 to 11 could start by the end of February, with the government recommending all children receive a shot, particularly those ...

The top court rejected a claim by some residents that the rule unconstitutionally infringes on freedom of speech.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed 17,331 cases on Wednesday, down by 956 from a week before and marking the eighth straight day of week-on-week decline.