Venezuela says it will close its embassy in Norway. A US media outlet reported that the move comes in response to an ...

Karuizawa in Nagano Pref. is a mountain town with deep ties to Tokyo. Originally a bustling lodging town, a Western ...

Foreigners practicing and teaching Japanese swordsmanship have taken part in a training camp in the historical city of ...

All 20 surviving Israeli hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip have been released, fueling hopes that the move will mark ...

Japanese online market operator Mercari says it has released a global app based on artificial intelligence that allows local ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he hopes to visit Washington for talks with US President Donald Trump on ...

An All Nippon Airways passenger plane aborted its domestic flight and returned to Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Monday night. The ...

Japan's benchmark stock index dropped right after Tuesday's opening amid political worries about Japan's ruling coalition and ...

Israel is accusing the Islamic group Hamas of failing to meet a peace deal requirement by not returning all the bodies of ...

Aid supplies are now entering the Gaza Strip. This comes after a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas was reached.

Japan has delivered emergency relief supplies to Vietnam after a series of typhoons triggered flooding and landslides in the ...

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt have won this year's Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. The Royal Swedish Academy ...