A chairperson's draft for cutting the consumption tax on food items has been presented at a working-level meeting of Japan's ...

Indonesian authorities say one person is dead and dozens are injured following an earthquake that struck Sulawesi island on ...

India's government has announced that it has suspended the use of the Telegram messaging app until next Monday. The move ...

With fuel prices higher amid tensions in the Middle East, Indonesia is working on home-grown solutions to ensure the nation's ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, who are on an official visit to the Netherlands, have been welcomed as state ...

Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors, says the horrors of nuclear bombs are still not fully known.

Two people have been injured in bear attacks in central and western Japan. A man in his 60s in Nara Prefecture called ...

The number of foreign visitors to Japan fell for a second consecutive month in May, due to the continuing decline in ...

The operators of the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen bullet trains have released an outline of the new private compartments they ...

With the men's soccer World Cup underway, Mexico presents some unique challenges in terms of security. Organizers have ...

Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has issued guidelines for the first time to address the ...

South Korea is one of the world's fastest-aging societies and one of its most advanced IT tech countries. A new facility has ...