Around half of hot spring inns on the Noto Peninsula in central Japan remain closed two years after a strong earthquake on ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday pledged to make Japan "strong and prosperous" by carrying out ...

At the Japan Monkey Centre in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, visitors can watch Yakushima macaques gather around a bonfire to ...

From January through mid-November 2025, some 1,664,900 people visited the Kamikochi resort in the Northern Japan Alps in this ...

Tokyo stocks are likely to maintain their upward momentum to test new record highs next year on optimism that the ...

Thieves stole tens of millions of euros worth of property from safety deposit boxes inside a German bank vault that the ...

HONG KONG (AP) -- Fireworks are typically a celebratory centerpiece of Hong Kong's New Year celebrations. Not this year. The ...

Thailand on Wednesday released 18 Cambodian prisoners of war held for five months, fulfilling the terms of a ceasefire ...

Emerging from years of isolation, North Korea may pursue active diplomacy in 2026, including the resumption of dialogue ...

Taiwan's Defense Ministry said Wednesday it has confirmed a total of 207 Chinese military aircraft flew around the self-ruled ...

Israel on Tuesday said it had suspended more than two dozen humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders and ...

Japanese manga artist and illustrator Hisashi Eguchi on Tuesday apologized for using a photograph of a woman without ...