Popular Japanese comedian Matsumoto Hitoshi has dropped a defamation lawsuit against a publisher and one of its magazine ...

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has signed two laws aimed at strengthening the country's maritime rights. The move ...

Yokozuna Grand Champion Terunofuji will be absent from competition for the second straight Grand Sumo Tournament in Japan, as ...

Myanmar's military chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, has met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang on his first visit to the ...

Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru said on Wednesday that as nuclear deterrence is needed given the current international ...

Japan's Finance Ministry says it intervened in the currency market in July to support the yen. The action conducted with the ...

The first test retrieval of fuel debris from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has just been completed.

The president-elect has pledged to slash taxes, hike import tariffs and deport illegal immigrants. An economist tells us why ...

Japan's health ministry says the influenza season has begun across the country. The ministry has been receiving reports on ...

Work to make pickled turnips, a winter delicacy, is getting into full swing in Kyoto, Japan's ancient capital.

Lineup: 1. Marcos signs new laws to define Philippine maritime zones 2. Myanmar military chief meets with leaders of China, ...

Major Japanese companies are releasing midterm earnings for fiscal 2024 and the combined figure looks on course to be lower ...