A senior US official says the leaders of the United States, Japan and South Korea are expected to agree on establishing a ...

Ministers at the APEC forum have wrapped up their meetings, but without issuing a joint statement. The officials will make ...

New York will start charging drivers next year to enter central Manhattan. The plan is aimed at reducing congestion and has ...

China's population is shrinking but the market for baby and maternity services is growing, as parents seek to provide the ...

Fujita Hisao has spent 40 years drawing attention to the beauty of ocean life, particularly the graceful sea lions, which ...

New government data show Japan's GDP grew for the second consecutive quarter in the three months through September.

The global popularity of Japanese food seemingly knows no bounds. Tourists are flocking to the country in record numbers to ...

The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees says 243 of its personnel have been killed by attacks since the conflict ...

President-elect Donald Trump has announced that he has picked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of health and human services ...

US President Joe Biden has left Washington for what are likely to be the final major summits of his term. He is heading to ...

Imperial Household Agency officials say Princess Mikasa, whose given name is Yuriko, passed away Friday morning at the age of ...

Japan's Meteorological Agency plans to begin using data from a new network of undersea seismic and tsunami observation system ...