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.

This ekiben from Kamogawa in southern Chiba features sanga-yaki, made from minced fish, and is packed with regional flavors ...

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.

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.

Japan has strongly protested Israeli soldiers firing what they say were warning shots toward a diplomatic delegation in the occupied West Bank.

Officials in the city of Hiroshima have aired out a register that contains the names of victims of the 1945 atomic bombing. The work is carried out annually to protect the register from being damaged ...

Japan's Finance Minister Kato Katsunobu and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent have reaffirmed the principle that exchange rates should be determined by the markets.

Two Israeli embassy staff members -- a man and a woman -- were shot and killed near a Jewish museum in the US capital Washington on Wednesday evening.

Japan began a new gasoline subsidy program on Thursday to reduce prices of the fuel and slow the rise in household living costs.

Israel has decided to recall most of its delegation involved in ceasefire and hostage release talks with the Islamic group Hamas in Qatar.

A major shareholder in Fuji Television Network's parent company says it remains at odds with the broadcaster over installing a new board of directors.