Seabirds on Marion Island are facing a small but mighty foe. House mice introduced by humans have multiplied on the remote ...

Japan raised fees for residence permit procedures for foreign nationals on Thursday. Renewing or changing of residence status ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed his desire for China's unification with Taiwan at an event to celebrate the 77th ...

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has indicated that his government may consider rejoining the European Union.

Flooding caused by heavy rains in Thailand since last week has severely disrupted operations at the country's main ...

Tropical Storm Surigae is expected to approach the Izu Islands, south of central Tokyo, from Wednesday night through early Thursday morning.

The mayor of Hitachiomiya City, Ibaraki Prefecture, north of Tokyo, says he will accept the central government's request to ...

Beijing believes the key to winning the artificial intelligence race lies in an open-source approach -- and says it wants the ...

Top executives at OpenAI reportedly ignored warnings from employees about the safety of AI test models months before a ...

Rain is drenching wide areas from northern to western Japan. Central Tokyo has seen 34 consecutive days of rainfall, marking ...

Tokyo's Shibuya Ward says it will be asking retailers around Shibuya Station to refrain from selling alcohol on Halloween ...

New car sales overseas slumped at six of Japan's eight major automakers in August. The biggest year-on-year falls were seen ...