Iran is stepping up diplomacy ahead of the second round of high-level nuclear talks with the United States, scheduled for ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy invited US President Donald Trump to come to Ukraine to see first-hand how Russia's ...

Japan's government is preparing for negotiations with the United States on its tariff measures. Government officials are ...

Japan's Norinchukin Bank says it plans to overhaul its business strategy to diversify investments and revenue sources.

Israel says "tens of percent" of the Gaza Strip has become part of Israel's "security zone," or no-entry zone for residents.

Japan's population has shrunk for the 14th year in a row, with senior citizens accounting for the largest portion on record.

China's president visits Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia. The trip comes as Beijing sees a once-in-a-generation opportunity to ...

Japan's red-crowned cranes, once thought extinct, were rediscovered in Hokkaido a century ago. Conservation efforts have ...

World Expo 2025 gives companies a chance to test new business ideas -- and technology. We tour one of the corporate pavilions turning heads at the Osaka venue with solar glass, bio-lighting and ...

Rows of cherry trees stand along the approach to Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine located in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. More than 170 trees are now at peak bloom.

和歌山県の岸本周平知事が15日、和歌山市内の病院で亡くなりました。68歳でした。岸本知事は14日午前、和歌山市内の知事公舎の室内で倒れているのが見つかり、病院で治療を受けていました。

4年前、富山市の電気設備工事会社に勤めていた男性が出血性胃潰瘍で死亡したことをめぐり、遺族が過重な業務が原因だとして会社に賠償を求めていた裁判は、会社側が安全配慮義務を怠ったことを認め解決金を支払うことなどで和解が成立しました。