Quarantine authorities are increasingly on alert for African swine fever (ASF), a pig disease with a nearly 100 percent ...

KYOTO--Hailed as an architectural masterpiece from the early Showa Era (1926-1989), the former Narutakiryo residence in the ...

FUKUSHIMA—Three hotel employees were confirmed dead on Feb. 18 in the snowy mountains of the Takayu Onsen area, where high ...

Japan announced a key change to its family registration system that will allow individuals from Taiwan to list Taiwan, ...

The government has agreed to meet a delegation of senior Taliban officials who are visiting Tokyo at the invitation of a ...

BANGKOK--Efforts to shut down online scam centers in Myanmar appeared to gain momentum on Monday as a top Chinese security ...

A Japanese woman was so confident in her method of teaching the English language to children that she tested it out in Canada ...

The yearly drift ice spectacle upon the Sea of Okhotsk was first observed from shore on Feb. 15 as slabs of ice neared the ...

As sightseers from Thailand marveled at the pristine white snow, their gleeful cries echoed throughout the landscape.

A delegation of senior Taliban officials arrived on Feb. 16 for the first visit to Japan by the Islamic group since it ...

Profit, rather than charitable motives, drives agencies dedicated to placing elderly individuals in care homes.

BANGKOK--Thailand has proposed tough entry requirements for local punters in casinos as it plans to build a major gaming ...