The Pacific island nation known as Nauru has officially changed its name to Naoero -- its native name. The government made ...

Thousands of migrants from Morocco have streamed into Spanish territory in North Africa, prompting Spain to deploy its ...

Officials in the southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto say the death toll after Tuesday's devastating earthquake has reached 35 ...

Hikawa Town saw some of the strongest shaking, with over 120 buildings destroyed by the quake. NHK World's Miyamoto Rikuya ...

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has become Japan's top company by market value, highlighting the banking sector's resurgence.

The Bank of Japan has left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at around 1 percent. The central bank made the announcement ...

The US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington made a port call in Vietnam, as the two nations step up efforts to strengthen their relationship amid China's growing assertiveness in the ...

Angkor, in Cambodia, is one of Southeast Asia's most recognized world heritage sites, but extreme weather such as increasingly strong rains and intense drying is causing serious degradation.

A women's clinic in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, continues to support new mothers and other outpatients after it ...

US tech startup Anthropic says its artificial intelligence model hacked into the real systems of three other organizations during evaluation tests.

Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel the Imari is providing water distribution and other services at Misumi Port in Kumamoto Prefecture's Uki City to help people affected by Tuesday's earthquake.

A British newspaper has reported that US President Donald Trump said he has not decided whether he will allow Ukraine to produce the interceptor missiles used in the Patriot air defense system.