Turkish police say they "neutralized" three assailants after a gunfight near the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul.

Japan's Environment Ministry says the number of injuries and deaths from bear attacks across the country reached an all-time ...

Japan's Diet has passed a record-high budget of over 122-trillion yen for the fiscal year through next March. The Upper House ...

Japanese recyclers are using new methods to extract lithium, nickel, palladium and other rare metals from disused electronic ...

They say five of the suspects are Japanese and three from China. They apprehended the group in an apartment in the capital ...

Vietnam has elected Communist Party chief To Lam as state president, consolidating his political control with the country's two most powerful positions. The move could give him extra leverage to ...

Iran says a Malaysian ship has passed through the Strait of Hormuz, making it the first from the country to do so since the ...

Letters from a medic who served in the US forces during World War II are helping people learn about the struggles Japanese Americans faced. NHK World's Komiya Lisa has the story.

A Japanese group representing survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has stressed the importance of an upcoming review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, or NPT.

Tokyo's police chief has instructed senior officers to respond appropriately to requests for help regarding stalking cases.

A Pakistani national has been arrested on suspicion of smuggling stimulant drugs with an estimated street value of 14.3 ...

Police say five people fell when scaffolding about 40 meters high collapsed at a steel mill in Kawasaki City, near Tokyo.