The United Nations is warning that more and more farmers in Afghanistan are growing opium poppies. It says the area under ...

The Japanese government launched a new agency on Monday to oversee the country's disaster preparedness and response efforts.

A luxury imported wristwatch that was stolen from a store in Tokyo last week has been returned by courier. A man ran off with ...

About 30 people have drunk matcha green tea from bowls larger than their heads in a ceremony at a Buddhist temple in Nara ...

Post offices across Japan have started selling greeting cards for the coming New Year. Many feature images of sheep, the ...

Rioters have looted stores in the western German city of Frankfurt as protests across the country demanded steps be taken to ...

A US news website says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pressed US President Donald Trump to strike Iran ...

Japan's GMO Internet Group has held its first news conference addressing the cyberattack on its foreign exchange trading ...

A major subway operator in Japan's capital is planning its first across-the-board fare increase in more than three decades.

The Ukrainian Air Force says that an app used to issue air raid alerts was apparently targeted in a cyberattack.

A pair of sibling cats serving as stationmaster and deputy of a train station have been appointed tourism ambassadors for ...

Toyota Motor has held a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the first launch of its iconic, mass-market Corolla cars.