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A Japanese high court ruled Thursday the country’s lack of legal recognition of same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, in a move likely to further mount pressure on the government to do more to protect sexual minorities....

A Japanese court ordered the government on Wednesday to hand over the hair and cremated remains of the executed AUM Shinrikyo cult founder Shoko Asahara to his second daughter after a top court ruled in 2021 that she can take them into her possession....

While ruling out Tokyo’s participation in the centerpiece project for AUKUS to deliver nuclear-powered submarines to Canberra, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles said Australia wants to “work more closely with Japan” on technological developments, acknowledging that the Asian nation is a “place of...

The Japanese Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. military named China as a hypothetical enemy for the first time in their joint command post exercise, government sources said Sunday, amid rising concerns over a potential invasion of Taiwan by Beijing in the future....

Opponents of military rule in Myanmar staged a “silent strike” on Thursday as the country marked three years since the coup that ousted the elected government of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi....

South Korean court has granted a request to seize funds deposited by Japanese shipbuilder Hitachi Zosen Corp., made by a plaintiff who seeks compensation related to a wartime labor lawsuit, a lawyer in the case said Wednesday....

An award-winning reporter from Hong Kong has gone missing following a business trip to China in late October, people close to the matter have told Kyodo News....

Toyota Motor Corp. is conducting trials of a vehicle powered by a hydrogen engine in Australia, making it the Japanese automaker's first such test of the environmentally friendly car on public roads toward its commercial use.