The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution that recommends stopping the use of maps created with the widely ...

Heavy rain is pounding southwestern Japan, raising the risk of disasters. Authorities have issued a Level 5 Emergency Warning ...

Japan's Crown Prince and Princess Akishino are to attend the funeral of Norway's late King Harald V, who passed away in ...

A tropical storm and a seasonal rain front are making atmospheric conditions extremely unstable mainly in western Japan and ...

Japan's Finance Ministry says total requests from government ministries and agencies for the fiscal 2027 general-account ...

The administration of US President Donald Trump has announced it will launch a national program to train workers to boost ...

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has started a global campaign to adopt a comprehensive ...

Five Japanese police officers are being sent to Nepal to help identify victims of the major flash flooding and mudslide ...

The UN Children's Fund, or UNICEF, warns that more than 20,000 children in Nepal are still without safe drinking water ...

Prized salmon have fetched a record price of more than 1,200 dollars per kilogram at the season's first auction in Hokkaido, ...

Media in South Korea say the country's government is considering deploying the military to the Strait of Hormuz to support US ...

Russian military forces have been escalating attacks on Ukraine, with a drone strike hitting a building of the Security ...