US magazine Time has named Japanese anime director Miyazaki Hayao and sociologist Ueno Chizuko among its 100 most influential ...

Families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea have sought further cooperation in bringing their loved ones back home ...

Brazil is trying to prevent the spread of dengue fever by releasing mosquitoes carrying bacteria capable of controlling the ...

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake rocked western Japan late Wednesday night. No tsunami was triggered.

Bullet train riders in central Japan can look forward to a new level of luxury when Central Japan Railway brings back private ...

The big day of the marriage proposal, the children entering school... every family has precious memories they want to pass on ...

The operator of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, has resumed loading nuclear ...

The finance chiefs of Japan, the United States and South Korea say they will continue to consult closely on developments in ...

Japan's animation production company Studio Ghibli, known for its Oscar-winning "Spirited Away" and "The Boy and the Heron," ...

Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven nations have begun a meeting in Italy with the situation in the Middle East among ...

Vietnam is being courted by the world's two biggest economies. The US and China are prepared to pour large amounts of ...

The coming US presidential election is bringing about policy shifts that have raised concerns in other countries. They ...