Japan is no longer the world's top creditor. That title goes to Germany, after Japan slipped from the number-one spot for the ...

An explosion in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward has left 10 people injured and damaged nearly 40 buildings. Investigators suspect a buried gas cylinder may have been the cause.

Israeli media have reported that a US-backed private humanitarian organization is delivering aid to the Gaza Strip. But the head of the organization reportedly resigned before the full-fledged ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has indicated that his country will allow Ukraine to use Germany-supplied weapons for long-range attacks into Russian territory.

China has rejected Japan's protest over a Chinese vessel's activities in Japan's exclusive economic zone near its southernmost island.

A company president has been arrested for the illegal resale of tickets for this year's Major League Baseball opening series in Japan.

Southeast Asia's exports to the United States are surging as the deadline nears to end a 90-day pause on hiking what Washington has called "reciprocal tariffs." ...

In Vietnam, one garment factory has been ramping up efforts to export clothes to the United States before President Donald Trump's pause ends on hiking tariffs.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia has carried out more than 900 drone attacks in three days. He once again criticized Moscow for seeking to prolong the fighting.

South Korea's ruling People Power Party hopes to unify conservatives behind a single candidate in an effort to defeat the largest opposition party's frontrunner in the presidential election next week.

Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary To Lam met French President Emmanuel Macron in Hanoi on Monday. They agreed to deepen ties in areas such as security, economic cooperation, and energy ...

The Japanese government aims to lower rice prices through an unusual method of distributing stockpiles ― selling directly to ...