As Western countries prepare to reimpose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear development, an expert gives his take on how the ...

Japan posted another current account surplus in June, despite deficits in both trade and services. An economist warns that ...

A traditional "kamakura" snow hut helped visitors at the 2025 World Expo in Osaka beat the July heat. The hut was built by ...

A US think tank, the Institute for the Study of War, says Russia is likely to launch an offensive in autumn mainly targeting ...

Tropical Storm Peipah has left 24 people wounded and 40 houses damaged in four municipalities in Shizuoka Prefecture, central ...

Aid supplies from Japan have arrived in Afghanistan following the powerful earthquake that hit the eastern part of the ...

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to implement a trade deal with Japan that includes import ...

Japan's inflation-adjusted wages rose for the first time in seven months in July, as workers saw increases in base pay and ...

Thailand's former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra abruptly left the country for Dubai. Local media report speculations that ...

The Israeli military says it controls 40 percent of Gaza City as it is stepping up efforts to put the largest city in the ...

Opinions are mixed in Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on whether to hold a special leadership election to replace ...

Many movies from Japan, including the smash hit "Kokuho," are being screened at the Toronto International Film Festival.