Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Friday to deepen their countries' longstanding ties, with Putin saying the BRICS ‌grouping should build a new ...

Pop superstar Lady Gaga welcomed her first child with fiance Michael Polansky, U.S. media reported Friday. The 40-year-old "Bad Romance" singer, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, began dating ...

Carmakers belonging to the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association plan to overhaul their factory work schedules from fiscal 2027, including reducing plant operations on national holidays, to ...

North Korea's national soccer teams arrived Friday at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture, the first batch of the country's delegation for the Asian Games to begin in central Japan later ...

Chubu Electric Power Co plans to withdraw its applications for regulatory screening to restart reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan, a government source said, in a rare move ...

One of the first things any visitor to Japan should know is that the country takes a hard stance against drugs – so much so that even common prescription drugs from overseas face stricter restrictions ...

North Korea launched multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea on Saturday, its neighbors said, a day after the U.S., South Korea and Japan ended their trilateral military drill that ...

The Chinese Embassy in Tokyo said Friday that entry visa fees for Japanese nationals will be hiked around sevenfold next week, after the Japanese government raised single-entry visa fees for ...

The prediction that this season’s El Nino phenomenon will be stronger than normal has alarmed the Ecuadorian scientific community, which has warned of its impact on the flora and fauna of the ...

Rapidus Corp President and CEO Atsuyoshi Koike said Thursday he is seriously considering building a semiconductor plant on the moon around 2040, citing the presence of water resources needed for chip ...

Japan has protested against Chinese controls that will limit its exports of a key chemical used to make computer chips, saying Tuesday that Tokyo is studying the potential impact on Japanese companies ...

At least one person was killed in a landslide and more than 40 others sustained minor injuries in central Japan, authorities said Wednesday, after a linear rainband brought record rainfall to the ...