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The attacker previously has thrown concrete blocks at a Japanese ambassador and has tried to set himself on fire during a protest.

The common currency fell to as low as $1.1026, its lowest level since September 2003.

The company's plan to expand beyond Tokyo suffers a setback.

The Musashi, described as an "engineering marvel," sank in the Sibuyan Sea after being hit by American bombs in October 1944.

The increase in expenditure comes at a time when China is faced with the prospect of deflation resulting from record-low economic growth.

Japan’s third-largest automaker said its Rogue crossover, Pathfinder SUV and Sentra sedan saw double-digit U.S. sales.

North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong said that the country has the power to deter an "ever-increasing nuclear threat" from the U.S.

Leaders from major countries involved in the war will be invited, and the parade is seen as an opportunity for China to deliver a barb to Japan over what it sees as a failure to atone for the war.

An Oregon native who planned to teach English in Japan was arrested in Tokyo for being mailed her prescribed ADHD medication.

The missiles North Korea fired off Monday morning are the latest example of Pyongyang's empty rhetoric about possibly suspending its nuclear activity, experts say.

U.S. and Liberian researchers have started a clinical trial to test Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc's Ebola drug ZMapp, an treatment that has already been tried in a handful of Ebola patients.

European shares rose to fresh seven-year highs on Friday, extending a two-month rally fueled by the ECB's money printing program.

Fearing foreign dominance in self-driving cars, Japanese companies, government and researchers plan how to stay in the game.

Startups driven by Asia's mobile phone boom are attracting investors like never before.

The loss compared with an attributable loss of 9 billion pounds ($14 billion) the previous year.

Get ready for the next installment in the popular "Dragon Quest" series.

South Korean health authorities issued safety warnings following the first human-to-human transmission of a tick-borne virus known to cause fever, vomiting and diarrhea.

Capcom hasn't announced the release date for "Street Fighter 5" yet, but it did reveal that Charlie Nash, a character who usually dies, will be in the game.

Recent comments made by the Imperial House contradict the view taken by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Toyota will make 700 Mirai hydrogen fuel cell cars this year as it slowly teaches its team how to assemble that kind of car.

Mainland Chinese tourists are feeling less welcome in Hong Kong, where people are protesting against them.