The number of centenarians in Japan has topped 100,000 for the first time and hit a record high for the 56th consecutive year.

North Korean state media reported that the country's army carried out a drill with ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, ...

A prefecture in Japan that manages some of Mount Fuji's climbing trails has decided to tighten rules for climbers following a ...

An NHK poll shows approval of Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae's Cabinet remains unchanged from last month at 53 ...

Indonesian authorities say a ferry capsize in the Java Sea has left six people dead and 129 others unaccounted for.

A Japanese professor who has just traveled from Ukraine to Poland says he felt a chill down his spine when he heard that a ...

Japan's Chubu Electric Power Company has decided to withdraw a review application necessary for restarting two of its nuclear ...

Torrential rain is falling in many areas of Japan, mainly in the country's northeast and west. A Level 4 Urgent Warning for ...

Iranian state-run media say a foreign ministers' meeting Tehran planned to hold with other Gulf states has been postponed.

Iceland's government says it plans to submit a bill to parliament next February to ban commercial whaling. If approved, it ...

Japan's Lower House says Speaker Mori Eisuke will make a two-day visit to Ukraine starting Monday for talks with ...

US President Donald Trump says he will remove a 10-percent tariff on Irish whiskey. He made the remark on Sunday at the ...