The director of the SVR, Russia's foreign intelligence service, has acknowledged that he met with the director of the US ...

In Yatsushiro City, where the quake registered an upper 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 0 to 7, all 24 ...

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America. The move comes amid a fierce ...

With land at a premium in Tokyo, container-based data centers are one solution to accommodate the growing use of AI.

Japan's government is set to use contingency funds in the fiscal 2026 budget to support the recovery in the ...

The Tokyo Toy Show opened its doors on Thursday with thousands of products on display and many reflecting social trends.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of the danger of an unprecedentedly rapid spread of Ebola in the ...

Japan's Prudential Life Insurance says new policy sales plunged 90.7 percent year-on-year in the three months through June.

Elementary school children in Minamiawaji City in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, have tried their hand at a local form of traditional puppetry in a workshop aimed at familiarizing them with the ...

Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general, has died in custody at The Hague in the Netherlands. He was serving a life ...

Leaders in Washington are stepping up economic pressure on Iran but, nearly six months into the conflict, their counterparts in Tehran are showing little sign of compromise. The standoff is shaping ...

As a country with many volcanoes, Japan has developed expertise and countermeasures. As we examine the threats volcanoes pose ...