Sales at supermarkets in Japan fell in October as unseasonably warm weather slowed demand for autumn-and-winter clothing.

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

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

Protesters in Paris have called for an end to violence against women ahead of a UN-designated day for that cause. The ...

NATO says its Secretary General Mark Rutte has met US President-elect Donald Trump and discussed a range of global security ...

A group of Japanese researchers have developed a set of simple questions to detect Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive ...

New data shows the average monthly pension for Japanese women is about 300 dollars less than it is for men. Across all ...

At a temple once believed to have been home to a dragon, we meet 20 playful cats. They show off their favorite spots and play ...

Taiwan's largest opposition party, the Kuomintang, has observed the 130th anniversary of its founding. Its leader says he intends to continue to seek to ease tensions with China, which have grown as ...

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has stressed that he will spearhead efforts to hold a summit with North Korea, so as ...

Some emerging and developing countries have voiced their criticism about the amount of the COP29 finance goal proposed in its ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country will continue testing a new type of medium-range hypersonic ballistic ...