The 17th U.N. “Conference of the Parties,” dubbed COP17, is the first major review of progress under the Kunming-Montreal ...

The former mayor of Yokohama lost his reelection bid following a harassment scandal, in a case that highlights an ongoing ...

Hundreds of people are raising concerns that they were talked into multiple contracts after starting out on a trial or ...

About 3,000 athletes from 45 countries and regions are scheduled to participate. The Japanese delegation has entered about ...

Palm oil mills accounting for roughly half of West Kalimantan province’s processing capacity have been affected by the ...

The world’s poorest consumers are being hit the hardest as food prices rise in many countries across the Middle East, North ...

A passenger car seems to have struck two vehicles traveling in the opposite direction, then collided with the back of a bus, ...

The designations would bring the total number of buildings designated Important Cultural Properties to 2,619, including 235 ...

A deal would give the Japanese insurer control of Australia’s largest provider of annuities in the nation’s fast-growing ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration is seeking to assuage persistent market reservations about her management of ...

The bereaved parents met with the governor of Okinawa Prefecture for the first time since the accident in March.

Any meeting could come as early as Nov. 18 and 19, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in ...