NANJO, Okinawa—South Korea’s Lee Bo Mee shot a bogeyless 5-under 67 to take a two-shot lead after the first round Friday of the Japan LPGA tour’s season-opening Daikin Orchid Ladies at the Ryuk...

Jiji-Japan News RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico—Ryo Ishikawa had five birdies and three bogeys to finish the opening round of the Puerto Rico Open at Trump International Golf Club-Puerto Rico with a 2-under...

The government is set to take a step forward in its information disclosures to the public. This should serve as leverage to further enhance transparency in the operation of the administration. T...

Russia has taken full military control of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in Ukraine. International pressure must be stepped up on Russia, which has infringed on the sovereignty of a foreign countr...

BEIJING (AP)—Karl Lagerfeld and a Macau casino operator announced plans Friday for the Chanel designer to create his first hotel. The 270-room Karl Lagerfeld Hotel will open in 2017 in a 20-story...

The government will appoint Supreme Court Justice Itsuro Terada as the next chief justice of the nation’s top court, government officials said Thursday. Terada, 66, will become the 18th head of th...

SEOUL (AP)—South Korean officials on Thursday criticized a North Korean artillery launch that they say happened minutes before a Chinese commercial plane reportedly carrying 202 people flew in the ...

MONTREAL (AP)—Quebec’s premier dissolved the legislature Wednesday and called an election in a bid to gain a majority of seats for her pro-independence party, a development that could lead to ano...

Let’s congratulate the real winners from China’s latest economic disclosures: Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, Northrop Grumman and European Aeronautics Defense and Space. Forget the Potemkin grow...

KINGSTON (AP)—Conservationists said Wednesday they have launched a shark-saving campaign in the Caribbean country of Trinidad & Tobago, trying to stop locals and tourists from eating a popular deli...

WASHINGTON—“I think we’re going to do pretty well in the budget, sir.” That was Adm. William H. McRaven of the Special Operations Command, probably one of the few senior Pentagon officials wh...