Harvesting of early-season peaches has begun in the northeastern Japanese prefecture of Fukushima, one of the country's major ...

A zoo near Tokyo that is home to the viral baby macaque Punch says someone pointed what appeared to be a laser beam at the ...

The United Nations is accelerating relief efforts in areas hit hard by last week's double earthquakes in Venezuela, as ...

Travel the Iga Railway and Kintetsu Railway lines through Iga in Mie Prefecture, one of the Japan's leading ninja regions.

The Choshi River is just 17 kilometers long but it's become known throughout Japan as the "Miracle River." Thanks to the ...

We visit a factory making straw hats. Find out how new ideas about design and quality transformed a producer of cheap farmers ...

Britain says it will increase its defense spending to about 80 billion pounds a year, or 2.7 percent of its GDP, by 2029.

Japan's Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae will start a three-day visit to New Delhi on Wednesday. She is scheduled to meet her ...

The US Supreme Court has upheld state laws that prohibit transgender students who are biologically male from participating in ...

The Japanese yen remained under pressure in Tokyo on Wednesday after weakening to the upper 162-level against the dollar in ...

A group of South American nations says it will start negotiations with Japan for an Economic Partnership Agreement, or EPA.

China's new law on ethnic unity goes into effect on Wednesday, drawing concerns that it will be applied to organizations and ...