The Japanese government is planning to draw up Japan's first national intelligence strategy by year-end to serve as a ...

The UN Human Rights Office says Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, killed at least 6,000 people in and around ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has stressed that the United States and Europe "belong together," while underlining the need for European allies to strengthen their own defenses.

US President Donald Trump says the United States will send a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East as high-level talks ...

An expert panel is set to discuss whether Japan's health ministry should approve two products using iPS cells. The treatments ...

Beijing's recent call on Chinese citizens to avoid travel to Japan has hit the country's tourism industry hard, with hotels reporting many cancellations. They're having to come up with new strategies.

Media in Bangladesh say the former main opposition party has won a landslide victory in the general election. This was the ...

Huge ice-covered trees dubbed "snow monsters" are attracting crowds to a mountain range in northern Japan. The evergreens blanketed in white are at their viewing best in the Zao mountains, which ...

Japanese police on Saturday morning searched the home of the former mayor of Ito City, Shizuoka Prefecture, who is accused of lying about her academic record.

Two Japanese snowboarders have won medals in the men's halfpipe at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games. Totsuka Yuto took gold, and Yamada Ryusei bronze.

World leaders and ministers are gathering in Germany to discuss global security. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz acknowledged the deepening gap between Europe and the US, saying the international ...

A Chinese app aimed at people who live alone has become a surprise hit worldwide. It’s called “Demumu,” and it creates an “invisible” safety layer through daily check-ins and an emergency-contact ...