Police in Kanagawa Prefecture say copper panels have been stolen from a Shinto shrine as thieves apparently targeted the ...

Authorities in Hokkaido, northern Japan, are warning people who go into forests to forage for edible plants to watch out for ...

Hungary's new prime minister has pledged to revive the country's economy following the first change of government in 16 years ...

Suzuki Koji, a popular Japanese horror novel author, has died at the age of 68. Suzuki was from Hamamatsu City in Shizuoka ...

A unique tea ceremony has been held on the back of a lavishly decorated truck known as "dekotora" in Kyoto City.

The World Health Organization is stressing that a cruise ship with a possible hantavirus outbreak poses a low risk to people ...

Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of violating the ceasefire after they agreed to a three-day pause in fighting ...

Russia has scaled back its Victory Day ceremony this year, staging a parade without military equipment. The ceremony in ...

Registration for people planning to climb Mount Fuji this summer is underway to help ease congestion on Japan's highest peak.

China's exports in April were up 14.1 percent in dollar terms from a year earlier. The country's customs authorities released ...

Japan's main ruling Liberal Democratic Party has posted a document on its website outlining policies relating to foreign ...

US President Donald Trump's administration has filed an appeal against a recent US trade court ruling that a 10-percent ...