If armed conflict erupts around Japan and elsewhere, should the Self-Defense Forces be deployed? If the government reveals its criteria for such decisions and its procedures, laying its cards on the ...

Local pressure is mounting as the mayors of Kashiwazaki and Kariwa have formally demanded that Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average inched higher on Thursday, as the U.S. Congress voted to end the historic federal shutdown, while the broader Topix index rose to a fresh peak on value-buying.

An exhibition introducing the achievements and character of Japanese literature scholar Donald Keene, and reexamining the ...

Actress Ryoko Hirosue was referred to prosecutors on Thursday on suspicion of rear-ending a trailer while driving on an ...

AZUMINO, Japan (AP) — In the foothills of Japan’s Northern Alps, people are chasing monkeys.

Sales during China’s largest online shopping festival, Singles’ Day, jumped almost 18% from a year earlier but the pace of ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer refused to say Wednesday whether he would urge U.S. President Donald Trump to drop his threat to sue the BBC for $1 billion over the broadcaster’s edit of a speech ...

The autumn leaves are lit up near Kajika Bridge in Ikaho Onsen hot spring resort in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture, attracting ...

At least 42 people are missing and presumed dead after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Libya last week, ...

Thailand on Wednesday extradited a Chinese man wanted by Beijing on suspicion of running over 200 illegal online gambling operations.

Taiwan wants to deepen its ties with Israel despite criticism over its war in Gaza because Israel has shown support for ...