The Hyogo Prefectural Assembly in western Japan has passed a no-confidence motion against its governor. Saito Motohiko has ...

Authorities in Malaysia have charged five people in connection with a massive child abuse case, after hundreds of children ...

East Japan Railway says services on the Tohoku Shinkansen line have resumed after two linked trains became uncoupled.

Beijing has decided to freeze the properties of nine US military-related companies in China in response to American military ...

Vietnam is facing Tropical Storm Soulik even as the country is still reeling from the impact of Typhoon Yagi, which ravaged ...

European countries are rapidly increasing their security presence in the Indo-Pacific region. Some have held military ...

Bank of Japan officials have wrapped up the first day of discussions at their two-day monetary policy meeting.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark index gained more than 2 percent on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve decided to cut ...

A ten-year-old boy who was attacked on his way to a Japanese school in southern China has died of his injuries.

Russian media reports say that the head of the country's veterinary and phytosanitary department has acknowledged the safety ...

Hand-held communication devices have detonated across Lebanon for two days in a row, raising concern that the conflict between the Lebanon-based Shia Muslim group Hezbollah and Israel may escalate.

The Wednesday knife attack on a Japanese school boy in Shenzhen sent shockwaves through Japan's expat community in China.