In Pakistan, supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan are marching toward the capital, Islamabad, demanding his release ...

An extraordinary session of Japan's Diet began on Monday, setting the stage for the first parliamentary debate since Prime ...

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 stock index briefly breached the 70,000 threshold for the first time in three months on Monday, boosted by ...

Japan's Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae has said in a speech at the Diet that the Japanese government lodged a strong protest ...

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 stock index rose to the 70,000 threshold for the first time in 3 months on Monday morning. The Nikkei ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has announced a new package of support for Ukraine after holding talks with Ukrainian ...

Monday marks the 62nd birthday of Yokota Megumi, who was abducted by North Korea during her first year of junior high school.

Three researchers from universities in the United States and Germany have been awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Elementary school children in western Japan have taken part in a contest to see who could eat the most grilled lamb within a set time.

Japanese chipmaker Rapidus says it is teaming up with 17 domestic and foreign semiconductor design firms in a bid to accelerate development. The company is ramping up efforts to broaden its customer ...

Police in Thailand say they have taken into protective custody two Japanese men believed to have been forced to engage in fraudulent activities at a scam base over the border in Myanmar.

The US Defense Department says it has withdrawn all bombers deployed at an air base in southwestern Britain. The New York Times has cited information about "new threats" of a suspected terror plot ...