A chairperson's draft for cutting the consumption tax on food items has been presented at a working-level meeting of Japan's ...

India's government has announced that it has suspended the use of the Telegram messaging app until next Monday. The move ...

With fuel prices higher amid tensions in the Middle East, Indonesia is working on home-grown solutions to ensure the nation's ...

A Russian artist who was critical of President Vladimir Putin has been fatally shot in Poland. Polish authorities have ...

Argentina beat Algeria 3-0 in the first round match of Group J in the men's soccer World Cup in Kansas City, the United ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, who are on an official visit to the Netherlands, have been welcomed as state ...

Indonesian authorities say one person is dead and dozens are injured following an earthquake that struck Sulawesi island on ...

The operators of the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen bullet trains have released an outline of the new private compartments they ...

Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors, says the horrors of nuclear bombs are still not fully known.

The number of foreign visitors to Japan fell for a second consecutive month in May, due to the continuing decline in ...

Two people have been injured in bear attacks in central and western Japan. A man in his 60s in Nara Prefecture called ...

The Group of Seven leaders have released a statement reaffirming their refusal of Iran's possession of nuclear weapons and ...