Sales at supermarkets in Japan fell in October as unseasonably warm weather slowed demand for autumn-and-winter clothing.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law granting debt relief to those who enroll in the military. The move taken on ...

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a bill outlawing what the country considers propaganda that discourages ...

Israeli forces say the Lebanon-based Shia Muslim group Hezbollah fired about 160 rockets at Israel on Sunday amid intense ...

A memorial ceremony has been held to honor all those who worked at Japanese gold mines on Niigata Prefecture's Sado Island.

Taiwan's largest opposition party, the Kuomintang, has observed the 130th anniversary of its founding. Its leader says he intends to continue to seek to ease tensions with China, which have grown as ...

A group of Japanese researchers have developed a set of simple questions to detect Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive ...

Protesters in Paris have called for an end to violence against women ahead of a UN-designated day for that cause. The ...

NATO says its Secretary General Mark Rutte has met US President-elect Donald Trump and discussed a range of global security ...

Some emerging and developing countries have voiced their criticism about the amount of the COP29 finance goal proposed in its ...

Enoshima Island, a popular tourist spot southwest of Tokyo, has been lit up with thousands of glowing bulbs for an annual ...

A Japanese man whose sister was abducted by North Korea decades ago has called for her quick return at a rally in the western ...