MANILA--Asian shares were mixed Friday after U.S. stocks climbed further into record heights as the clock ticks on President Donald Trump’s July 9 tariff deadline.

KOBE—A Chinese woman is accused of illegally driving tourists from her home country to areas around the Kansai region for about two years without a taxi license.

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

NAHA—In a rare and significant move, senior officials from the U.S. Marine Corps stationed in Okinawa Prefecture formally ...

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

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

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 ...

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.

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.

今の日本に（与野党が）ばらまき合戦をしている余裕はない。本質的な課題は 社会保険 料だ。人口が減少し、若い世代も減っていく。社会保険料を下げ、給付をやめる判断や、（代わりに）誰がどう負担すべきかを提案しなければならない。

高額療養費制度の負担上限額引き上げは、患者らの反発によっていったん凍結された。少子化対策の財源を社会保障費の削減などでまかなう政策が、引き上げの背景にある。患者への影響をはっきりさせ、負担や医療サービスの範囲について議論すべきだ。

戦後80年と、グーグルマップのサービス開始から20年になるのに合わせた寄稿依頼でした。「地図と拳」で僕は、日本が戦争のために作った満州国という傀儡（かいらい）国家のことを書きました。国家は地図を見て国の形を認識し、資源を求めて他国の土地を欲し、戦争を ...