North Korean media say the nation's leader Kim Jong Un has left the country and crossed the border into China.

Taxi gap at Japan cruise port filled by ride-hailing Cruise ship traffic is growing at regional ports across Japan, but so ...

A two-ton serpent of straw and bamboo slithered through Sekikawa Village at the annual giant snake festival. At 82.8 meters, ...

A musical born in Hawaii but set in Hiroshima tells the story of Sasaki Sadako, a victim of the atomic bombing who has become ...

A US media outlet says the US government is mulling administering the Gaza Strip for at least 10 years and turning it into a ...

Senegal's youth: steering in dark waters Young people in Senegal are embarking on dangerous sea routes to the Canary Islands ...

The fanfare that greeted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's trip to Japan last week was the latest sign of the changes ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping is stressing his country's ties to the Global South at a major summit this week, as the rivalry between Beijing and Washington continues to escalate.

Tokyo police say a woman who had been apparently stabbed and was found collapsed on a street, later died after being transported to a hospital. They are searching for a man observed at the scene on ...

Japan has eased rules on shooting wild animals including bears in populated areas in response to increasing cases of bears attacking humans.

A court in Tokyo has ordered a former external employee of NHK to pay about 75,000 dollars in damages to the public broadcaster. The Chinese national made unscripted remarks during a Chinese language ...

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto says lawmakers are losing some of their state-funded perks. The move is aimed at quelling widespread public anger at the government.