Official campaigning began across Japan on Tuesday for the House of Representatives election on Feb 8, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi seeks a fresh mandate to continue her economic and security ...

North Korea launched suspected ballistic missiles toward the sea on Tuesday in apparent weapons tests, according to its neighbors, as the North heightens animosities with rival South Korea ahead of a ...

Tokyo police have arrested the leader of a criminal sex worker recruitment syndicate on an island over 1,000 kilometers from the Japanese capital, ending a manhunt that lasted about a year. The Tokyo ...

Japan's annual wage negotiations effectively kicked off on Tuesday, with the focus on whether the momentum for pay hikes will continue, reaching the rate of 5 percent or higher for the third straight ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Monday called North Korea a "country owning nuclear weapons" along with China and Russia, a stance the Japanese government has not officially acknowledged. "The ...

President Donald Trump and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz each struck a conciliatory tone on Monday after a private phone call in a sign the two ‌sides were seeking to defuse a crisis over the ...

Hungary's pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán accused Ukraine on Monday of seeking to meddle in his country's upcoming elections and ordered Kyiv's ambassador to be summoned to the foreign ...

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter on Monday backed a proposed fan boycott of World Cup matches in the United States because of the conduct of President Donald Trump and his administration at home and ...

China made a major announcement over the weekend, saying it was investigating the army’s top general for suspected serious violations of discipline and law. No details have been revealed, but the ...

Seven Japanese American soldiers will be promoted to officer ranks in a solemn ceremony Monday, eight decades after they died fighting for the U.S. during World War II despite having been branded ...

Jessica Pegula knocked podcast pal and defending champion Madison Keys out of the Australian Open on Monday to secure a quarterfinal against Amanda Anisimova, another all-American match. Their ...

Climate change is turbocharging heatwaves, wildfires, floods and tropical storms, but how deadly have extreme weather events become for people in their path? Annual climate reports released last week ...