Weather officials are warning of torrential rain on the Pacific side of western and eastern Japan through Sunday morning. They are calling on people to be on high alert for possible landslides, ...

Police dogs practiced tracking crime suspects and searching for missing people at training sessions held on Saturday in Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan.

The United States and Iran have expressed the view that the two sides made some progress in a fifth round of talks on Iran's nuclear development program.

Families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea have again demanded a swift resolution of the decades-old issue.

US President Donald Trump has signed executive orders for a reform of the country's nuclear industry. The administration says it will reduce regulatory barriers and speed up construction of nuclear ...

Russia launched massive drone and ballistic missile attacks on Ukraine's capital Kyiv between Friday night and Saturday, injuring at least 15 people.

Russia and Ukraine have announced that they each exchanged the same number of prisoners of war based on an agreement reached between the two sides last week.

Local government officials in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo want to provide more help to foreign school students who struggle with the Japanese language. They've set out a plan that includes online ...

The US Treasury Department says it has issued a general license easing sanctions for Syria. The department announced on Friday that it took the measure in line with an instruction by US President ...

US President Donald Trump is pushing for a tariff of 50 percent on goods from the European Union starting June 1.

US President Donald Trump says US Steel and Japan's Nippon Steel have agreed to enter a partnership, with the American firm ...

Japan's new agriculture minister, Koizumi Shinjiro, says he will take steps so rice from government stockpiles can be sold at ...