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.

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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