Olympic Day is celebrated every year on 23 June to honour the birth of the modern Olympics. Learn why it started and also ...

Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites First), supported by Koike as a special adviser, remained the biggest party, taking 31 seats, ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party is expected to post record-low results in Sunday's Tokyo assembly ...

In an age where videos are overflowing online and even politics is becoming part of the stream, candidates, parties, content ...

Attendees at a reception last week by the South Korean Embassy at Tokyo’s New Otani Hotel, held to celebrate the sixtieth ...

The U.K. flash composite, manufacturing and services PMI data for June is due to be released on Monday. The composite purchasing managers' index rose to 50.3 in May from 48.5 in April with a move back ...

Korea’s business leaders are urging closer economic cooperation with Tokyo, backing President Lee Jae Myung’s push for a ...

Australian teenage sprint sensation Gout Gout said on Sunday he preferred 200 metres to 100 metres which is "too short" as he ...

The Japanese seafood giant will open its first-ever restaurant in central Tokyo in 2026 as part of a wider effort to redesign ...

Italy-based Sri Lankan sprinter Yupun Abeykoon recorded an impressive return to form by clocking a season-best 10.18 seconds ...

Rae, Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations, was tasked with reviewing the Air India terrorism case 20 years ago after two ...

Japan and South Korea are marking the 60th anniversary of the normalisation of their diplomatic relations Sunday. The two Asian powers, rivals and neighbours, have often had little to celebrate, much ...