Japan

UPDATED: Death toll will reportedly surpass 1,000

By Keigo Higashino

Japanese retirees have taken up an unlikely pastime—shoplifting

Facebook faces an uphill battle cracking one of the last major markets it doesn’t yet dominate

In a letter to the Economist, Hitotsubashi University professor Reiko Aoki suggests extending the vote to children. Michael...

The world’s smallest breed of dog recently passed the entrance exam to become part of a police search-and-rescue team

’We flew in false teeth and eyeglasses’

China is flexing its trade and military muscles. What does it mean for the West?

An unprecedented number of bear attacks have rocked the country, but man is likely to blame

Arnold Schwarzenegger has advice for Russia, Naomi Campbell’s unwitting good deed, and Kim Jong Il’s other son