The main question is how Japanese language ability will be assessed. Japan must avoid turning the Japanese Language ...

More than 95% of Ukrainian prisoners of war interviewed reported experiencing torture or ill-treatment, according to a U.N.

Kumamoto – Over 6,000 people are still living in evacuation centers following a massive earthquake that struck Kumamoto ...

Japan’s currency slid as much as 1% Monday to past ¥159 per dollar, wiping out half the rally triggered by the July 31 U.S.-Japan intervention.

JAKARTA – Indonesia has stepped up efforts to contain forest and land fires across six ⁠priority provinces, deploying cloud-seeding aircraft to induce rain as authorities seek to slow the haze now ...

According to local fire authorities, the event organizers did not file the appropriate paperwork to use explosives in time.

Kioxia Holdings’ biggest shareholder is an investment vehicle that holds shares claimed by rival SK Hynix. The flash memory maker’s former parent, Toshiba, has trimmed its stake in Kioxia to around 14 ...

The Immigration Services Agency has started sharing personal information on foreign nationals subject to deportation ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will refrain from making overseas trips this summer, with the exception of a possible trip to New York for a U.N. General Assembly session in late September, informed ...

TAICHUNG/PENGHU, Taiwan – Taiwan slowed the mobile internet in a large swathe of the central part of the island on Monday for ...

Recent cases have highlighted allegations that some lawmakers improperly received government funds for secretaries despite little evidence that they actually did their jobs.

A U.N. poll found 90% of Afghan men wanted girls to go to secondary school, with nearly two thirds considering it “pious” for fathers to support a daughter’s education.