About 250 carp-shaped streamers, known as koinobori, are being flown at a beach in the central Japanese prefecture of Mie for ...

A ceremony has been held at a gateway to Japan's Northern Alps to mark the start of the climbing season. Our site uses ...

The Bank of Japan will hold a regular monetary policy meeting this week to decide on interest rates. But there isn't anything ...

A Japanese government survey has found that 20 percent of companies based in the country say the Trump administration's ...

The White House says US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met on the sidelines of the ...

The militaries of the United States and the Philippines have for the first time conducted drone interception exercises on the ...

People in Myanmar, who survived last month's massive earthquake, are still struggling to reconstruct their lives.

Japanese police are investigating a series of accidents involving a vehicle that was driving in the wrong lane on the Tohoku Expressway in Nasushiobara City, north of Tokyo. Three people have been ...

Over 200 manga artists are offering their autographed illustrations for a charity auction to raise funds to support people affected by the powerful earthquake that hit the Noto Peninsula in central ...

Tax-free shopping at Japanese department stores fell in March for the first time in three years, as the stronger yen discouraged foreign visitors from spending on luxury items.

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has arrived in Vietnam, the first leg of his four-day tour of Southeast Asian nations.

North Korea has confirmed for the first time that it has sent troops to fight for Russia in the conflict with Ukraine.