China's state-run media say that an explosion at a fireworks factory in the inland province of Hunan has left 26 people dead ...

Returning vacationers are packing roads, trains and airports in Japan near the end of the spring holiday break.

Pope Leo XIV is set to meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Vatican on Thursday, amid a diplomatic rift with the ...

Japan is marking Children's Day on Tuesday. About 1,000 carp-shaped streamers are on display near a Tokyo landmark to wish ...

Takase Kou is a TV news producer currently working for NHK's "Ohayo Nippon" morning news program. She reports on social ...

Japan's crackdown on its business manager visa requirements was aimed at restoring trust in the system, but experts say it ...

The US Secret Service says an armed man opened fire near the White House on Monday, injuring a bystander. The Secret Service ...

Russia's defence ministry has reported that Ukraine launched drone attacks on their soil, including in Moscow. This comes ...

US President Donald Trump said in a social media post on Sunday that he is launching an operation called Project Freedom to ...

Members of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces have participated in a live-fire exercise as part of a combat drill held by the ...

Japanese Defense Minister Koizumi Shinjiro has met his Indonesian counterpart Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin in Jakarta. The talks come ...

Russia has declared a two-day unilateral ceasefire in its conflict with Ukraine to mark the anniversary on May 9 of the ...