Japan revised up first-quarter GDP to reflect higher private consumption than initially reported. However, the updated figure ...

Weather authorities are urging people in the southern part of southwestern Japan's Kyushu region to brace for torrential ...

Baseball stars have gathered to pay tribute to the late Japanese legend Nagashima Shigeo. Nicknamed "Mr. Pro Baseball," the ...

Russia says its forces have launched an offensive in the Dnipropetrovsk region of eastern Ukraine. The AFP news agency says ...

A marathon event was held in Suzu City in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, for the first time in six years. Participants ...

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has accused China of stepping up pressure on Taiwan through so-called "gray zone" tactics.

Japan's Meteorological Agency says the rainy season has set in for two southwestern regions and that it is over for the ...

Members of the LGBTQ community have held a parade in Washington to promote the rights of sexual minorities in the face of US ...

Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force held its annual live-fire exercises at the foot of Mount Fuji in central Japan on Sunday.

Japan's Princess Kako, who is on an official visit to Brazil, has met elderly people of Japanese ancestry near the country's ...

Protesters and immigration authorities have clashed in Los Angeles, as the authorities launched a series of large-scale ...

The Chinese government plans to speed up the process of approving shipments of rare earth metals to companies in the European ...