Outgoing US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel has said that he believes the US-Japan alliance was improved during his time in ...

Tokyo police have arrested a female student on suspicion of attacking eight people with a hammer on a university campus.

Japan Airlines has unveiled an aircraft with a special "shark skin" surface treatment meant to help the plane cut carbon ...

Sources have told NHK that the trial for a man charged with killing a Japanese student last year will open on January 24.

NHK has learned that five Japanese ministries failed to adequately secure some domain names previously used for their ...

The Financial Times says Chinese President Xi Jinping will send a high-level envoy to Donald Trump's presidential ...

A minister of Syria's interim government has appealed for assistance and investment from the international community, ...

A Chinese actor who went missing last week near Thailand's border with Myanmar has been rescued by Thai police. They say he may have been taken there by human traffickers.

The leaders of Japan and Malaysia have reaffirmed they will work closely to maintain and strengthen a free and open international order based on the rule of law. This comes as China continues to step ...

A member of Japan's main governing Liberal Democratic Party says she will accept an invitation to US President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on January 20.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says an international alliance including the United States and European countries has approved an additional military package worth 2 billion dollars to support ...

The UN's refugee agency says last year saw a spike in the number of Rohingya Muslims attempting to flee Myanmar and refugee camps in Bangladesh by boat. It's calling on the neighboring countries ...