Four top candidates have begun their pitches to become the next secretary-general of the United Nations, as the international ...

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

A private-sector survey has found that studio apartment rents in central Tokyo surged in March to hit a record high for a ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Japan's Transport Minister Kaneko Yasushi says four Japanese crew members stranded in the Persian Gulf have disembarked. He ...

The Wall Street Journal, citing multiple sources, has reported why US Vice President JD Vance put on hold his planned trip to Pakistan for talks with Iran.

Japan posted a trade surplus for the second straight month in March. Exports of electronic parts and non-ferrous metals ...

The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei 225 index hit an all-time intraday high on Wednesday, led by buying of ...

Japan's Prudential Life Insurance says it will extend a suspension of policy sales by another six months as it continues to ...

Iran's Tasnim News Agency has reported, citing multiple sources, that Tehran did not request a ceasefire extension, despite ...