The aging No. 1 reactor of the Takahama nuclear power plant in central Japan was given the all clear by the nuclear regulator ...

South Korea, Japan and the United States say they will launch an alternative body to a U.N. panel to monitor the implementation of sanctions on North Korea.

Voters in Ishikawa Prefecture, struck by a strong earthquake on the Noto Peninsula on New Year's Day, are calling for ...

China criticizes an idea put forward by new Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a NATO-like security structure in Asia ...

Record-high 314 women filed their candidacy for the upcoming general election, while hereditary politics continued to play a ...

Rising table tennis star Miwa Harimoto has expressed her delight at being part of the Japanese women's team that broke a ...

Two giant panda bears from China arrive at the U.S. national zoo in Washington, less than a year after Americans bid a fond farewell to three of the rare species.

China's space authorities have pledged to begin searching for extraterrestrial life and habitable planets both within and ...

Winger Keito Nakamura comes off the bench to force an own-goal equalizer as Japan draw 1-1 with Australia and see their ...

A town in the western Japan prefecture of Tottori, faced with a staff shortage, introduced an online poll observer on Wednesday for the general election's early voting in what it believes to be a ...

North Korea blew up parts of inter-Korean roads on its side Tuesday, according to the South Korean military. "North Korean ...

Guard Yuki Kawamura makes another strong impression in preseason for the Memphis Grizzlies, dishing a game-high seven assists ...