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

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

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

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

The Japan Meteorological Agency says the magnitude 5.0 quake occurred in Nagano Prefecture, and had an intensity of upper 5 ...

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

New developments are arising that may signal an end to the conflict between the US and Iran. US President Donald Trump says ...

The chair of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference has expressed a strong resolve to ...

Finance Ministers from the Group of Seven countries and other officials have agreed to accelerate efforts to diversify supply ...

The leaders of Britain and France welcomed Iran's announcement that the Strait of Hormuz is open. They made the comments on ...

An analyst says the Middle East crisis will likely have an impact on Japan's economy, with oil prices fueling inflation. She ...

Lineup: 1. Aung San Suu Kyi's prison term believed reduced 2. India begins world's largest national census 3. Helicopter ...