Ocean heat threatens Okinawa's coral Japan's Okinawa islands are famous for their crystal-clear waters and colorful coral ...

A Japanese doctor who survived the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki has left for Norway to attend the Nobel Peace Prize events ...

US President-elect Donald Trump's pick for national security advisor says the incoming administration will work to end Russia ...

Ukraine's security authorities have shown media outlets what they say are fragments of a new intermediate-range ballistic ...

Tokyo police have decided to hire civilian computer specialists as temporary officers to fight increasing cybercrime.

Japan's government plans to assist the labor-strapped parcel delivery industry by requiring that new high-rise condominiums ...

A candidate supported by the Conservative Party of Japan, Hirosawa Ichiro, won the mayoral election in the city of Nagoya, ...

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a bill outlawing what the country considers propaganda that discourages ...

Sales at supermarkets in Japan fell in October as unseasonably warm weather slowed demand for autumn-and-winter clothing.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law granting debt relief to those who enroll in the military. The move taken on ...

A memorial ceremony has been held to honor all those who worked at Japanese gold mines on Niigata Prefecture's Sado Island.

Israeli forces say the Lebanon-based Shia Muslim group Hezbollah fired about 160 rockets at Israel on Sunday amid intense ...