Iran's military has reiterated the Strait of Hormuz is under its control, warning that nations following the United States in ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he would hold talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy only if final ...

Hungary's new prime minister has pledged to revive the country's economy following the first change of government in 16 years ...

Authorities in Hokkaido, northern Japan, are warning people who go into forests to forage for edible plants to watch out for ...

Suzuki Koji, a popular Japanese horror novel author, has died at the age of 68. Suzuki was from Hamamatsu City in Shizuoka ...

Police in Kanagawa Prefecture say copper panels have been stolen from a Shinto shrine as thieves apparently targeted the ...

The World Health Organization is stressing that a cruise ship with a possible hantavirus outbreak poses a low risk to people ...

A unique tea ceremony has been held on the back of a lavishly decorated truck known as "dekotora" in Kyoto City.

Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of violating the ceasefire after they agreed to a three-day pause in fighting ...

Russia has scaled back its Victory Day ceremony this year, staging a parade without military equipment. The ceremony in ...

Registration for people planning to climb Mount Fuji this summer is underway to help ease congestion on Japan's highest peak.

China's exports in April were up 14.1 percent in dollar terms from a year earlier. The country's customs authorities released ...