More than 490,000 applicants for universities in Japan have begun the two-day standardized entrance examinations.

The Israeli government has announced that it officially approved an agreement with Hamas on a six-week ceasefire, scheduled ...

Japanese pitching star Sasaki Roki says he has agreed to sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He had been aiming to move to a ...

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te has held talks with former US Vice President Mike Pence, apparently hoping to strengthen ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian have signed a comprehensive strategic partnership ...

The inauguration ceremony for US President-elect Donald Trump has been shifted indoors due to weather conditions that are ...

The US Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal law banning the popular video-sharing app TikTok. The law will go into effect ...

Japanese broadcaster Fuji Television says it will set up a panel to investigate a scandal involving popular personality Nakai ...

Kobe remembers the past and ponders lessons learned from the devastating quake. NHK World's Yoshioka Takuma, who was born in ...

Officials from the Philippines and China have held talks on the disputed South China Sea. Manila expressed "serious concern" ...

Japan and China have agreed to keep communicating over early lifting of China's import ban on Japanese beef. The ban has ...

Public health officials in Japan have reported a slight rise in the average weekly number of influenza patients per medical ...