Chinese customs authorities have stepped up inspections of imported Japanese sake and food products, causing delays in customs clearance, trade sources said.

President Donald Trump on Friday called on oil executives to rush back into Venezuela as the White House tries to quickly secure $100 billion in investments to fix the country’s neglected ...

Protests in Iran raged Friday night in the Islamic Republic, online videos purported to show, despite a threat from the country’s theocracy to crack down on demonstrators after shutting down the ...

Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles in a large-scale overnight attack, officials said Friday, killing at least four people in the capital. For only the second time ...

Russia said Friday it used its latest missile against Ukraine for a second time in the nearly 4-year-old war, a forceful signal to Kyiv and its Western allies as U.S.-led peace talks have entered a ...

He has been in exile for nearly 50 years. His father — Iran’s shah — was so widely hated that millions took to the streets in 1979, forcing him from power. Nevertheless, Iran’s Crown Prince Reza ...

Heavy snow is expected to fall mainly on the Sea of Japan side of Honshu and Hokkaido from Sunday to Monday due to a strong winter pressure pattern.

The wife of Renee Good, the woman shot and killed in her car by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis, says the couple had stopped to support their neighbors on the day of the shooting and ...

Sluggish December hiring concluded a year of weak employment gains that have frustrated job seekers even though layoffs and unemployment remained low.

Japan’s Nikkei share average gained on Friday, powered by a surge in megacap Uniqlo store operator Fast Retailing on the back ...

Yomiuri Shimbun file photoSanae Takaichi The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST, [postdate] Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who also serves as Liberal Democratic Party President, began considering ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average tumbled for a second straight day on Thursday, dragged lower by profit-taking in the artificial ...