In economic powerhouse India, the huge problem of acid attacks against women persists. Survivors are showing their faces and ...

NHK spoke with Kanni Wignaraja, director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific at the United Nations Development ...

The widow of former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo has for the first time attended a hearing of the trial of the man ...

The Japanese government is weighing legal changes that would let married couples use their original surnames in a wider range ...

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has stressed his intention to promote ties with Japan. He also expressed readiness to ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says his talks with a senior Russian official on Tuesday produced a consensus between the ...

Major Japanese companies have filed lawsuits over US President Donald Trump's tariffs. The firms are demanding refunds if the ...

In Indonesia, days of torrential rain have triggered deadly floods and mudslides, killing at least 770 people and leaving ...

Japanese scientist Kitagawa Susumu, one of the winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry, has left for Sweden to attend ...

Tourists in the western Japanese city of Nara have enjoyed a musical attraction featuring the city's beloved wild deer.

The Wall Street Journal has reported that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has declared a "code red" to urge employees to improve its ...

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has marked the passing of a year since a short-lived martial law declaration. He praised ...