MOSCOW—Russian anime fans greeted Sumire Uesaka, a voice actress who is studying Russian at Sophia University, with cheers and applause when she held a live concert—her first in Russia—in Mosco...

HANOI—Go down an unassuming stairway between the pool and outdoor bar at the luxurious Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi hotel—which first opened its doors in 1901 to serve Hanoi’s expatriate popul...

The government will likely adopt a ¥5.5 trillion stimulus package to prime the economy in preparation for the consumption tax rate increase in April, it has been learned. When added to private and l...

Fifteen-year-old Japanese students in 2012 showed improved reading, applied scientific and mathematical skills in international academic aptitude tests compared to three years earlier, the Organizatio...

DETROIT (AP)—A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Detroit can use bankruptcy to cut employee pensions and relieve itself of other crushing debts, handing a defeat to the city’s unions and retirees ...

BEIJING (AP)—In what was supposed to be a warm reunion, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet instead Wednesday in a climate fraught with tension over an airspace disp...

COPENHAGEN (AP)— A new wave of Europeans is heading to Syria, their ranks soaring in the past six months as tales of easy living and glorious martyrdom draw them to the rebellion against Bashar Assa...