A large-scale study in Japan has shown that improving one's diet and lifestyle can slow the progression of chronic kidney ...

NHK has learned the Japanese government is making final arrangements to reuse the soil removed after the 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on the premises of the Prime ...

Japan's Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has instructed his top tariff negotiator with the United States to be fully prepared for the possibility that a wider range of issues could be taken up in the ...

The Philippines is hosting a three-day dialogue to seek cooperation from ASEAN member countries on maritime security amid the ongoing tensions in the South China Sea.

The chief of Japan's National Police Agency has called for tougher rules on a system for converting foreign driver's licenses to Japanese ones. He expressed the view that overseas tourists should be ...

Japan's new agriculture minister says the government is considering changing the way it sells the country's reserve of rice stocks. It's the latest measure aimed at tackling the surging prices of the ...

Japan's Cardinal Kikuchi Isao details his experience at the conclave to choose Pope Leo XIV in an exclusive interview with ...

South Korea's ruling party faces an uphill battle with less than two weeks to go before the election to replace disgraced ...

South Korea's military says North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles toward the sea from the east coast of the Korean Peninsula on Thursday morning.

North Korean state media report that a new warship was damaged due to a "serious accident" during its launch ceremony attended by leader Kim Jong Un.

A train collided with a shed with a metal pipe frame in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Wednesday. One passenger was killed and two others injured. The shed was apparently blown by strong winds.

Japan's new agriculture minister Koizumi Shinjiro has pledged to tackle soaring rice prices as he officially takes over from his predecessor Eto Taku.