Recovery efforts are underway in areas of Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, that were jolted by strong weekend earthquakes. A ...

Sources familiar with the police investigation into the alleged abandonment of a boy's body in Japan's Kyoto Prefecture say ...

US President Donald Trump says his delegates are traveling to Pakistan for negotiations with Iran. The question is whether ...

A humanoid robot has beaten the world record for the half-marathon by around 7 minutes at an event in China. The ...

At least six people were killed in a shooting and hostage-taking incident in Kyiv on Saturday. The assailant was shot dead by ...

Foreign and Japanese residents in Japan's northeastern prefecture of Iwate have taken part in an event to deepen friendship ...

Japanese weather observatories say cherry trees in three major cities in Hokkaido have started blooming earlier than usual in ...

The ceasefire between the United States and Iran is set to expire soon, and the outlook for the next round of talks remains ...

A wild bear was spotted on Sunday morning in a residential area of the northeastern Japanese city of Sendai, prompting authorities to consider allowing the emergency use of rifles to hunt the animal.

There has been a surge in social media posts falsely claiming the suspect in the death of an 11-year-old boy in Kyoto Prefecture is a foreign national, despite police denying the claims.

Japan's defense ministry says North Korea launched what appeared to be ballistic missiles on Sunday morning.

Iranian officials say the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed as the US blockade continues. There has been a report of a ...