Tesla Inc. secures land in Shanghai for first electric car factory outside the United States...

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis sees first-hand the enduring costs of fighting the Vietnam War...

Tokyo organizers says E. Coli, other bacteria will meet 'agreed limits' for Tokyo Bay swim events at 2020 Olympics...

Toyota recalls 2.4 million hybrids due to potential stalling problems...

Move of Tokyo's famed Tsukiji fish market fans unease over new site's safety and worries tourists won't visit...

Japan says it will revise one of its two major research whaling programs after an international organization said bringing home and selling sei whale violates a convention protecting endangered specie...

The operator of Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant says much of the radioactive water stored there isn't clean enough and needs further treatment if it is to be released into the ocean...

Residents of Taiwan's capital Taipei are using newly installed machines called "iTrash booths" to recycle cans and bottles in exchange for credit on their transportation smart cards...

A senior Japanese whaling negotiator says Tokyo will continue to push for a resumption of commercial whaling despite the recent defeat of its proposal by the International Whaling Commission...

IOC vice president Juan Antonio Samaranch says he is satisfied that snow-making for the 2022 Beijing Olympics won't bring lasting damage to the environment...