United Nations Security Council members on Tuesday failed to adopt a resolution to ensure safe navigation through the Strait ...

US President Donald Trump said he will postpone launching attacks on Iran for two weeks. He made the announcement on social ...

Weather officials say cherry blossoms have started blooming in Tokyo. The event occurred on the same date as the seasonal ...

Turkish police say they "neutralized" three assailants after a gunfight near the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul.

Iran says a Malaysian ship has passed through the Strait of Hormuz, making it the first from the country to do so since the ...

Japan's Environment Ministry says the number of injuries and deaths from bear attacks across the country reached an all-time ...

Cambodian authorities say they have detained eight foreigners who they allege were running online scams. They say five of the ...

A Japanese group representing survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has stressed the importance of an upcoming review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, or NPT.

Vietnam has elected Communist Party chief To Lam as state president, consolidating his political control with the country's two most powerful positions. The move could give him extra leverage to ...

Japan's Diet has passed a record-high budget of over 122-trillion yen for the fiscal year through next March. The Upper House ...

Letters from a medic who served in the US forces during World War II are helping people learn about the struggles Japanese Americans faced. NHK World's Komiya Lisa has the story.

A Pakistani national has been arrested on suspicion of smuggling stimulant drugs with an estimated street value of 14.3 ...