OSAKA – Around 119,000 people visited the World Exposition in Osaka on its opening day Sunday, the organizer said, with long lines forming in the rain at pavilions admitting only a limited number of guests without reservations.

TOKYO – The head of the Unification Church’s Japan branch vowed to fight a court order revoking its legal protections, following a scandal over fundraising practices and links to the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe.

TOKYO – The head of the Unification Church’s Japan branch vowed to fight a court order revoking its legal protections, following a scandal over fundraising practices and links to the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe.

TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Wednesday that other nations do not decide its defense budget after U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for a top Pentagon policy role called for Tokyo to spend more to counter China.

TOKYO – Japan’s ruling coalition and a small opposition party on Tuesday formally agreed on measures to ensure free high school education and advance social security reforms, clearing a major hurdle for enacting the state budget for the next fiscal year.

TOKYO – Residents of northern Japan were sheltering from deep snow up to the rooftops in some areas on Thursday after a two-week whiteout.

TOKYO – The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief arrived in Japan on Tuesday for a trip that will include his first visit to storage facilities for soil contaminated in the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

MANILA, Philippines — A village in Mandaluyong City has raised a bounty for one of the biggest killers in the country: A peso for every mosquito or its larva, dead or alive.

TOKYO – The Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate Wednesday to about 0.25% from zero to about 0.1%, acting to curb the yen’s slide against the U.S. dollar.

PARIS – Daiki Hashimoto conjured up some late magic to help Japan win Olympic men’s team gymnastics gold on Monday as arch-rivals China stumbled with the title within their grasp.