Telecom giant SoftBank Corp. is working with the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo to fine-tune an app called SureTalk that converts sign language gestures into text.

The Japanese government has warned its ministries and agencies to refrain from using artificial intelligence developed by the ...

Smile-Up Inc. has sued victims of sexual abuse by show-business mogul Johnny Kitagawa, arguing that the company should not be ...

The Bank of Japan is increasingly blaming chronic labor shortages, not stagnant demand, as the main reason for its weak ...

KYOTO--A young community band leader from Borneo nervously accepted the baton from the music maestro at a high school here.

Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Japan stands by its policy of supporting a “two-state solution” for the ...

BANGKOK--China’s leader Xi Jinping and visiting Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra vowed to crack down on the scam ...

HONG KONG--Asian shares Friday were mixed, with Chinese technology stocks rising as most other Asian equities declined.

The widow of a Finance Ministry bureaucrat said the government’s decision not to challenge a court ruling concerning ...

The Pokemon Card Game started 30 years ago, overcame a period of poor sales and flagging interest, and is now riding an ...

Staff in the Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet at the airport here brace themselves for a stampede every time an Air Koryo flight ...

The farm minister said on Feb. 7 that rice stockpiles reserved for emergency use will be released, citing disruptions in the ...