More than half a year has passed since Bashar al-Assad was ousted as Syrian leader. Sanctions are being lifted, foreign goods ...

The aviation industry is booming as global passenger numbers surge. The growth is bringing renewed focus on ways to cut air ...

Efforts by the Japanese government to arrest climbing rice prices with releases of grains from national stockpiles have come ...

Japan's surging rice prices have been a boon for Taiwanese farmers, who are enjoying a surge in demand for their crop as a ...

A high court in South Korea has said it will postpone the retrial of President Lee Jae-myung on charges of violating election ...

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru and South Korea's new president have agreed that they and their officials will ...

Japan's Princess Kako has been welcomed by people of Japanese ancestry in an inland city in southern Brazil. The second ...

An explosion at a US military base in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, has injured four members of Japan's Self-Defense ...

Japan's National Police Agency reports that the number of child abuse cases in the country hit a record high last year.

Israel says its forces have prevented a boat carrying Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg from reaching the Gaza ...

In the scramble to secure employees, major companies in Japan are returning to the idea of creating attractive and convenient dormitories as an investment in human capital.

China's consumer prices edged lower in May as deflationary trends continued to drag on the economy. National Bureau of ...