Several influential countries have recently declared their recognition of a Palestinian state. Tanaka Koichiro, a professor ...

A massive sinkhole has opened up in the Thai capital Bangkok after a major road collapsed. No injuries were reported.

Leaders from some Middle Eastern countries have criticized Israel for its continued attack on Gaza in their speeches at the ...

Scammers in Japan are setting their sights on some of society's most vulnerable members: elderly people living alone with ...

Japan's Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has called for a reform of the United Nations Security Council, and indicated Japan may ...

Three West African countries, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, have announced they are withdrawing from the International ...

Japan's megabanks have been establishing systems to encourage male employees to take longer childcare leave. The move is part ...

A woman in western Japan who received a transplant of retinal cells made from induced pluripotent stem cells has said in an ...

The US president pulls no punches. And Japan's outgoing prime minister delivers a diplomatic swansong. We look at what they said with a political expert.

A Japanese news agency has revealed that a tape found in a video camera belonging to a staff member who was shot dead in Myanmar nearly two decades ago is highly likely to have been falsified to ...

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has said that it is extremely important for Palestine to exist in a sustainable manner in light of the situation in the Middle East. He said Japan will play a ...

Taiwanese authorities say 17 people have died and another 17 are missing from the impact of Typhoon Ragasa. They also say 32 people have been injured.