Vietnam is among the countries welcoming the pause in US "reciprocal" tariffs. A spokesperson for the Vietnamese foreign ...

Former classmates of Yokota Megumi, a Japanese national abducted by North Korea, have planted cherry trees to wish for her ...

Japan's Defense Ministry says Air Self-Defense Force fighters scrambled over 700 times in response to foreign aircraft approaching Japan's airspace in fiscal 2024. It says sightings of Chinese drones ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has made it clear that France plans to recognize a Palestinian state within months, possibly ...

Farmers have begun harvesting the first green tea leaves of the year in the central Japanese prefecture of Shizuoka.

People in Bangkok gathered to pray for victims and those still missing after a high-rise building under construction collapsed in a massive earthquake on March 28.

Nearly two weeks have passed since a magnitude-7.7 earthquake rocked central Myanmar on March 28. Fighting reportedly continues between the military and pro-democracy forces, despite both sides ...

Japanese investigative sources say actor Hirosue Ryoko, who was arrested for allegedly injuring a nurse at a hospital after a ...

NHK has learned that Japan's chief negotiator on US tariffs is planning to visit Washington as early as next week for talks with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says more than 150 Chinese citizens have joined Russian troops to fight against his ...

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte have agreed to step up cooperation between their ...

Consumer prices in China fell for the second consecutive month in March amid persisting concerns about deflation.