An urban disaster prevention expert in Japan says more than a million people may be left without homes for over half a year ...

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

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

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.

Deadly attacks have continued in Lebanon despite a ceasefire with Israel that took effect Thursday. French President Emmanuel ...

Reuters news agency says some vessels have received a radio message from Iran's navy that the Strait of Hormuz is shut again ...

Iran's parliamentary speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf says the Strait of Hormuz will not remain open if the US blockade ...

The US Treasury Department said on Friday that it is allowing countries to carry out transactions of sanctioned Russian crude ...

The defense ministers of Japan and Australia have confirmed their countries will strengthen bilateral defense cooperation.

A toll road on Mount Fuji has reopened to traffic for the sightseeing season. The road known as Fuji Subaru Line in Yamanashi ...

Police in Tokyo have arrested a woman for allegedly smuggling a banned substance known as "zombie cigarettes" from Thailand.

About 200 wisteria trees are planted in the Manyou Botanical Garden at Kasugataisha Shrine, a joint World Heritage Site in ...