A committee of UN agencies and other organizations says the food situation in the Gaza Strip has improved. They say a famine ...

People across Japan clean their homes and possessions at the end of the year. And in Tochigi Prefecture north of Tokyo, this ...

A Japanese government panel estimates that a powerful earthquake directly beneath the nation's capital could leave 8.4 ...

Hong Kong media say police have arrested a man from mainland China on suspicion of robbing about 1 billion yen, or around 6.4 ...

A currency exchange shop in Hong Kong was robbed of about 1 billion Japanese yen, worth around 6.4 million US dollars on ...

Japan's ruling coalition parties have adopted tax reform guidelines for next fiscal year that include raising the minimum ...

The European Central Bank has left its key interest rate unchanged amid signs consumer price increases are likely to hold ...

Japan's exports to the United States rose for the first time in eight months in November. This follows the Trump ...

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae and Tamaki Yuichiro, president of the Democratic Party for the People, have formally ...

A Shinto shrine in central Japan has put up a huge "hagoita" wooden paddle bearing a picture of a horse. The priests there ...

US President Donald Trump has touted his achievements since he returned to office in a televised address from the White House ...

The US Senate passed on Wednesday a record-high defense spending bill. It is apparently aimed at enhancing America's posture ...