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

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

A major US newspaper has reported that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is considering forging a new, deeper economic ...

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

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.

Iran says it plans to hold a foreign ministers' meeting with other Gulf nations to brief them on its negotiations with Oman ...

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

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

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 ...

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