South Korea's suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol did not respond on Wednesday to a second summons by anti-corruption ...

President-elect Donald Trump promised on Tuesday to “vigorously pursue” capital punishment after President Joe Biden commuted ...

Violence that engulfed Mozambique after the country's highest court confirmed ruling Frelimo party presidential candidate ...

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi will hold talks with his Japanese counterpart Takeshi Iwaya in Beijing on Wednesday, the ...

Japan's cabinet on Tuesday approved a revision to a government ordinance to prohibit the manufacture as well as the import ...

The Japanese government on Tuesday won an approval for a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent by fiscal 2035 ...

Police in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, have arrested 78-year-old sushi restaurant owner on suspicion of breaking into a seafood store at Numazu Fishing Port and stealing karasumi (salted mullet roe).

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd is suspected of failing to declare at least several billion yen in taxable income, a source familiar with the matter said. The Osaka Regional Taxation Bureau uncovered ...

An organization in Sri Lanka posing as an IT company is recruiting locals who speak Japanese to target Japanese nationals with investment scams, a local who briefly worked there has told Kyodo News.

Japan's Diet approved Tuesday a series of legislative changes aimed at restoring voter trust through abolishing "policy activity funds" that can be spent without disclosure and setting up a ...

Survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki said receiving a Nobel Peace Prize has given them a fresh ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Tuesday strengthening his country's alliance with the United States is key to ...