Japanese novelist Ryu Murakami dies at 74

Japanese inflation breaks 2% for the first time this year

The September reading puts pressure on the Bank of Japan to raise rates by the end of the year.

Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts

Japan's highest peak is often overlooked as being an active volcano. But with the risk of eruption ever-present, disaste…

China orders ‘all-out’ rescue after Tibet quake kills 16

More than 300 houses collapsed in the 7.0 magnitude quake, which struck on Thursday at 10:33 p.m.