Seismic activity remains high off the eastern coast of Aomori Prefecture following a magnitude-7.5 earthquake on Monday.

Two students have reportedly been killed and eight people critically injured in a shooting at Brown University in the eastern ...

NHK has learned that a group of Japan's major ruling Liberal Democratic Party members has compiled a draft proposal for the ...

Rebel forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have reportedly seized another key city as they step up their offensive ...

The US military says two US soldiers and one civilian interpreter were killed after being assaulted by a gunman in central ...

The administration of US President Donald Trump has launched a new framework for multilateral cooperation to build a secure ...

Relatives of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea have renewed their appeal for a return of all the victims as soon as ...

Global online forum Reddit has sued the government of Australia over the country's social media ban for children under 16.

Iranian authorities detained human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi on Friday. Our site uses ...

Traditional female entertainers in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto have exchanged early New Year greetings.

North Korea's state media reports that the country's leader Kim Jong Un has mourned soldiers who died after being sent to ...

Belarus has released more than 100 prisoners, including a Japanese man convicted of alleged espionage and a co-winner of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize.