A Japanese Lower House committee has approved a bill to create a national intelligence bureau as part of efforts to beef up ...

The Hong Kong government is moving to seize assets worth more than 127 million Hong Kong dollars, or about 16 million US ...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum held a news conference in Mexico City on Tuesday and referred to Japan, a day after she ...

The liquidator for the religious group widely known as the Unification Church says victims of the organization in Japan can ...

Japan's Environment Ministry says highly venomous fire ants were spotted on 36 occasions in the fiscal year that ended in ...

A crowd of 126 Japanese lawmakers visited Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo for its spring festival on Wednesday. The shrine honors ...

Japan's Nikkei 225 stock index set new intraday and closing highs on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump announced he ...

Tokushima City in southwestern Japan hosts the Awa Odori Festival every summer. But in spring, tourists and locals alike are ...

Social media was flooded with spam and disinformation about a 7.7-magnitude quake that struck off Japan on Monday. NHK ...

The head of the US Indo-Pacific Command has appealed for the deployment of more vessels in the region, in light of China's rapid naval buildup.

Japan's heatstroke alert system became operational for 2026 on Wednesday. The Ministry of the Environment and the Japan Meteorological Agency will issue an alert if the heat stress index is predicted ...

Four people vying to become the next United Nations Secretary-General have begun pitching their policies. Hearings with the candidates began on Tuesday before representatives of member countries and ...