Worldwide, the number of refugees and displaced people continues to rise. New pilot programs in Africa are encouraging ...

US President Donald Trump has indicated that he will ask China to stop its purchases of Russian oil to end the conflict in ...

For decades, South Korean farmers kept moon bears in cages to extract and sell their bile for use in traditional medicine. A ...

A Japanese commercial district in Los Angeles has been enlivened thanks to the popularity of Ohtani Shohei and other Japanese ...

The European Parliament has decided to award this year's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to two imprisoned journalists ...

The Japanese government is making it harder to obtain a visa that allows foreigners to move to Japan and start their own ...

Cases of mycoplasma pneumonia are on the rise in Japan. The bacterial infection, which mainly affects children, is spread by ...

Weather officials in Japan say Mount Fuji has been capped with snow for the first time this season. Officials at the Kofu ...

North Korea says it test-fired hypersonic projectiles on Wednesday, and they successfully hit their target. The state-run ...

Japan's new finance and economy ministers laid out their policy priorities in news conferences on Wednesday. Finance Minister ...

The head of Toyota Motor says the firm is considering importing its US-made vehicles to Japan to deal with the Trump ...

Tokyo police have arrested four individuals for trying to smuggle about 8 kilograms of powdered gold into Japan from Hong ...