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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Enoshima Island, a popular tourist spot southwest of Tokyo, has been lit up with thousands of glowing bulbs for an annual ...

A Japanese man whose sister was abducted by North Korea decades ago has called for her quick return at a rally in the western ...