The United Nations is warning that more and more farmers in Afghanistan are growing opium poppies. It says the area under ...

About 30 people have drunk matcha green tea from bowls larger than their heads in a ceremony at a Buddhist temple in Nara ...

Post offices across Japan have started selling greeting cards for the coming New Year. Many feature images of sheep, the ...

Japan's GMO Internet Group has held its first news conference addressing the cyberattack on its foreign exchange trading ...

A luxury imported wristwatch that was stolen from a store in Tokyo last week has been returned by courier. A man ran off with ...

A US news website says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pressed US President Donald Trump to strike Iran ...

A major subway operator in Japan's capital is planning its first across-the-board fare increase in more than three decades.

The Ukrainian Air Force says that an app used to issue air raid alerts was apparently targeted in a cyberattack.

Fishery workers in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, have begun harvesting farmed oysters, following last year's extremely low yields.

Travel from Kikonai on the South Hokkaido Railway along the Tsuruga Strait, meeting train lovers on the way. And, end with a ...

Mongolia's nomadic tradition is recognized by UNESCO, but it's now at risk, with climate change degrading the grassland. The ...

During his 23 years in the ring, Kaio racked up 1,047 career wins – a record at the time. Through interviews and NHK archival ...