Doug Struck

Islamic parties will be heavily represented on provincial councils across Iraq, according to final results released Friday from council races in 12 provinces that documented enthusiastic voter participation in the...

Fat with child, Sakiko Wakita was getting desperate. She had to give birth by Nov. 30--only five days away. She resorted to a folklore remedy: On her knees, she scrubbed...

An unconventional governor Sunday was re-elected Sunday in voting seen as an indication that Japanese remain critical of old-style politics and pork-barrel construction projects. Yasuo Tanaka was returned to office...

Ryoji Wada works 13 hours a day, six days a week at the small carwash he runs in central Tokyo. He has not had a vacation in years. When he...