Japan is approaching the 81st anniversary of the end of the Pacific War. How long will politicians continue to leave the damage to victims unaddressed ...

Russia and North Korea are considering a plan to deploy additional North Korean troops to three western Russian regions ...

Tokyo stocks climbed Thursday morning, led by artificial intelligence- and semiconductor-related shares, as the release of ...

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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Heavy rain pounded eastern Japan on Thursday, prompting the weather agency to issue a Level 5 warning, the highest on its scale, for downpours in more than one-third of the ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday visited Etorofu Island in his first trip in office to the Russian-held, Japanese-claimed island chain off Hokkaido, drawing a backlash ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday called Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to an island in a Russian-held, Japanese-claimed island chain off Hokkaido "totally ...

The war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo has announced on its official website that it will ban cosplay and the wearing of military-re ...

The total investment is expected to exceed 1 billion euros (about $1.15 billion). QIC has reportedly recently opened an office in Paris. Meanwhile, plans are already underway in Saudi Arabia for the ...

Two teenage boys were recently arrested on suspicion of firing fireworks horizontally toward two police boxes including one that was newly re ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- U.S. tech giant Google LLC opened its first official store outside the United States in Tokyo on Thursday, at which customers can purchase new Pixel smartphones, Nest products and ...

U.S. airstrikes targeting Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen last year killed more than 150 civilians, according to a Pentagon r ...