Foreign ministers of the European Union have agreed to new sanctions on extremist Israeli settlers over rising violence ...

Japan's education ministry is proposing a wholesale review of how Japanese language is taught at high schools in the age of ...

Tokyo's benchmark stock index rose on Tuesday morning, following overnight rallies in the major equity markets in New York.

Japanese carmakers are ramping up their production and sales efforts in India's growing auto market. In the latest move, ...

Japan's finance minister and her visiting American counterpart have confirmed their intention to maintain close coordination ...

Researchers have discovered 38 new species in two deep-sea regions around Japan using the Shinkai 6500 manned submersible.

US television network CNN says the US military has been sharply increasing intelligence-gathering flights around Cuba.

The latest NHK opinion poll shows that the approval rate for Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae's Cabinet remains ...

Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson pushed back against accusations by the United States that Tehran's demands to end the ...

Philippine lawmakers have again impeached Vice President Sara Duterte. For a second time, she faces allegations of misusing ...

China's domestic sales of new cars in April fell more than 21 percent from a year earlier mainly due to reduced tax ...

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 stock index ended lower on Monday after profit-taking kicked in. The benchmark had set a record intraday ...