Thailand and Cambodia are calling for calm after a rare military clash along their disputed border. Defense officials in ...

Asakawa Chieko develops innovative products that transform the lives of the visually impaired. Asakawa, who is blind herself, ...

Japanese internet retail giant Rakuten Group started selling government-stockpiled rice on Thursday, but it quickly sold out.

Government-stockpiled rice sold through no-bid contracts has started to reach major retailers in Japan. The program will soon ...

US semiconductor giant Nvidia posted surging revenue in its latest earnings report. But export controls kept the firm from ...

The United Nations is shedding light on the illegal synthetic drugs trade in East and Southeast Asia. An alarming new report shows the total amount of methamphetamines seized last year surged 24 ...

UNICEF is calling for a more urgent response to the massive earthquake in Myanmar two months ago. Officials say more than 6 million people desperately need life-saving assistance. The figure includes ...

The University of Osaka in western Japan has announced that it will accept up to about 100 US-based researchers, regardless of nationality. The move comes in response to restrictive academic policies ...

Tokyo's Shibuya Ward is planning to tighten rules for businesses that rent go-karts to tourists who want a driver's view of the sights of the Japanese capital.

Tokyo's benchmark stock index rose sharply on Thursday. Investors were encouraged by reports that a US federal trade court has blocked President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports.

Japanese Economic Revitalization Minister Akazawa Ryosei is set to leave for Washington on Thursday for another round of ...

China has launched a mission aiming to retrieve samples from an asteroid orbiting the Sun. China's state-run Xinhua News Agency reported that a rocket carrying the Tianwen-2 robotic probe lifted off ...