A school designed to train sake professionals near Tokyo has accepted its first foreign student since opening two decades ago ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has urged US President Donald Trump to stop putting pressure on Tehran by indicating ...

Japanese and Thai police authorities have confirmed that they will join forces to crack down on fraud rings in Myanmar.

An American academic living in Thailand is under arrest on a charge of insulting the monarchy. Thailand has a strict ...

Japanese government and central bank officials have held an extraordinary meeting on the sharp fluctuations in financial ...

Japan's benchmark stock index slumped on Wednesday in another day of volatile trading. Investors sold shares across the board ...

The US Senate has officially confirmed George Glass as the new ambassador to Japan. The Senate approved his nomination by a ...

Share prices fell Wednesday morning in Tokyo amid growing concern that trade friction between the world's two biggest ...

The president of a Japanese expressway operator says it plans to create a manual to deal with system glitches that affect wide areas.

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto plans to offer temporary shelter to 1,000 Palestinians in Gaza. The announcement comes ahead of his visit to the Middle East.

Time is running out for countries and regions hoping to negotiate a break from what US President Donald Trump calls "reciprocal tariffs." His press secretary said he is carrying through on placing ...

The Asian Development Bank says US trade tariffs will slow growth in a basket of developing economies in the Asia Pacific ...