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.

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.

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

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 ...

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