More than 60 people have been killed in a fire that tore through a shopping mall in eastern Iraq. The blaze broke out at the ...

Local officials have shot dead a bear in a northern Japanese town where a man was killed in a bear attack last week. Police ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Syrian leaders they have crossed his red lines. He said he will not let ...

The governor of Japan's Hiroshima Prefecture has visited a former nuclear testing site and a museum conveying the history of ...

Ukraine's former economy minister and the key negotiator in the mineral deal with the US, Yulia Svyrydenko, has become the ...

A Japanese venture firm's recent moon landing attempt ended in failure, but the mission is continuing undaunted. Behind the scenes, preparations for further launches are already in motion. Now, ...

What would you say to your family and friends in a letter to be delivered after your death? "Last letters" are becoming increasingly common, with the practice even spreading among young people. Some ...

The Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, is an all-action event dating back over 780 years.

A group of experts are recommending that Japanese weather officials improve the accuracy of typhoon forecasts by using artificial intelligence, and provide more precise data about a storm's path.

Prefectures around Japan are putting residents on the alert following a recent spate of bear attacks, including a fatal mauling in Hokkaido.

In Britain, younger readers are driving a boom in popularity for contemporary Japanese literature, especially works by female authors.

The Philippines and the United States have conducted maritime drills in South China Sea waters claimed by Manila just days before President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is due to visit Washington.