A fringe far-right populist party in Japan was one of the biggest winners in the weekend’s upper house election.

OSAKA--Two historic artworks featuring the “26 martyrs” are back home in Japan for the first time in 94 years and on display ...

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Pope Francis had called for the abolition of nuclear arms during his 2019 pilgrimage to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a message widely welcomed in Japan, the only country to have suffered atomic bombings.

From the Philippines to South Korea, Pope Francis, who died Monday at the age of 88, is being remembered in many parts of Asia for his intensive engagement with the region.

The Vatican says Francis’ body will be transferred to St. Peter’s Basilica tomorrow morning to allow worshippers to pay their respects ahead of his funeral.

Pope Francis, a reformer who rattled the Catholic Church's conservatives and inspired some progressives, has died.

Here are key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday.