SEOUL—North Korea on Tuesday dismissed as “absurd rhetoric” US allegations that it was behind a $6 billion ⁠cryptocurrency heist on the Binance platform, saying they ⁠proved Washington remained ...

GMO Internet Group Inc. failed to detect a cyberattack on a subsidiary’s service for about two and a half months, enabling the intruder to steal files from customers’ computers, the company revealed ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced her second reshuffled Cabinet on Sept. 17 after personally reviewing questionnaires filled by Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers on what posts they desired in ...

The average price of a new apartment in Tokyo’s 23 wards in fiscal 2025 topped 130 million yen ($827,000) for the first time, while surrounding areas also soared to record highs, a report showed. The ...

The Cabinet on Sept. 15 approved the outline for a consumption tax cut on food and related support measures but offered no specifics on the revenue source for the multitrillion-yen project. The ...

The labor ministry on Aug. 19 unveiled new guidelines to end urging companies to cap monthly overtime at 45 hours, making it easier for employers to utilize overtime options allowed under the current ...

BANGKOK—An airstrike carried out by Myanmar’s military near a market in territory controlled by a powerful rebel group killed at least 49 people and wounded 58 others on Monday, the group and a rescue ...

Iwojima island, the stark volcanic outpost home to one of World War II’s fiercest battles, remains the site of an unfinished search—for the Imperial Japanese Army soldiers who never made it home. Of ...

UTSUNOMIYA—Police have arrested a Yokohama couple on suspicion of directing four teenagers to perpetrate a home invasion that left a 69-year-old woman dead and her two sons injured. The arrests of ...

NAGASAKI—Nagasaki marked the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing on Aug. 9 with officials and survivors issuing urgent pleas for nuclear disarmament as global conflicts intensify.

An emotional yokozuna Onosato could not hold back the tears after ending a yearlong wait for a championship in convincing fashion at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 27. As Japan’s national ...

China’s latest expansion of its overseas military footprint was carved from a patch of farmland in Laos over the past year, satellite imagery showed, as analysts said the new support center could ...