Two women farmers in Ibaraki who live together make dried sweet potatoes from scratch. From cultivating to processing, they ...

Prosecutors issued an arrest warrant for the former South Korean first lady on Thursday. She faces multiple charges including influence peddling in a growing scandal that has obsessed the nation.

A memoir by woman who survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki recounts how the experience led to pain and heartbreak.

Young people in Nagasaki are spearheading new initiatives to keep the memories of the city's aging atomic bomb survivors ...

Japanese retail titan Seven & i is refocusing its energies in its core convenience store business. Yuko Fukushima asked an ...

Last year's collapse of a glacial lake in the French Alps called attention to the threat posed by climate change.

Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to maintain a ceasefire on their disputed border, with ASEAN contributing a truce ...

The holding company of a Japanese daily newspaper has filed a lawsuit against a US startup for damages caused by unauthorized ...

F-35B stealth fighter jets procured for the Japan Self-Defense Forces arrived at an airbase in Japan on Thursday as the SDF's ...

Rescue teams are searching for survivors after flash floods and landslides engulfed a mountain village in northern India. At ...

Heavy rain has triggered a massive landslide in southern China, killing two people and leaving five others missing.

On the Pacific front towards the end of World War II, Japan's imperial armed forces launched "kamikaze" attacks, or suicide ...