To manage property ownership by foreign nationals, the Japanese government is making adjustments to create a new database as ...

Tokyo stocks are likely to maintain their upward momentum to test new record highs next year on optimism that the ...

This farming town near Sapporo now boasts the highest population growth rate in Japan. Its aggressive policies to attract ...

From January through mid-November 2025, some 1,664,900 people visited the Kamikochi resort in the Northern Japan Alps in this ...

Thieves stole tens of millions of euros worth of property from safety deposit boxes inside a German bank vault that the ...

HONG KONG (AP) -- Fireworks are typically a celebratory centerpiece of Hong Kong's New Year celebrations. Not this year. The ...

Thailand on Wednesday released 18 Cambodian prisoners of war held for five months, fulfilling the terms of a ceasefire ...

The winter solstice is the shortest daylight of the year. There is a tradition of taking baths with yuzu citrus fruit to wish ...

Emerging from years of isolation, North Korea may pursue active diplomacy in 2026, including the resumption of dialogue ...

Taiwan's Defense Ministry said Wednesday it has confirmed a total of 207 Chinese military aircraft flew around the self-ruled ...

Israel on Tuesday said it had suspended more than two dozen humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders and ...

Japanese police and a university in Aichi Prefecture, along with NTT Data Group Corp., have jointly developed a system to ...