Four countries, including Iran and South Africa, have decided to withdraw from the World Expo scheduled for next year in ...

A pro-Pyongyang school for Korean students in this western Japan city has succeeded in raising funds for a new water pump ...

For Japan to survive the age of its graying society and dwindling birth rate, it is essential to take steps to boost the ...

As of June 2024, a record 3.59 million foreign nationals lived in Japan, playing a vital role in society. During the year, ...

South Korea's parliament voted on Friday to pass an impeachment motion against Acting President and Prime Minister Han Duck ...

Osamu Suzuki, the former charismatic head of Suzuki Motor Corp. who turned the Japanese minivehicle maker into a global ...

A man detained over a June knife attack in Suzhou near Shanghai, in which a Japanese family was injured and a Chinese bus ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will visit Malaysia and Indonesia from Jan 9 to 12, to deepen cooperation with the ...

TOKYO -- Police forces across Japan have been instructed to strengthen their crackdowns on malicious "host clubs," where male ...

Two third-year junior high school students here improperly accessed a teacher-only file from tablets distributed by the ...

In the city of Wakkanai, Hokkaido, people are making the specialty bodara. Fresh cod caught in the sea around Hokkaido are ...

A Japanese court on Friday sentenced former Olympus Corp. CEO Stefan Kaufmann to 10 months in prison, suspended for three ...