An examinee taking a Japanese driver's license exam in the Vietnamese language was discovered to have images of previous test ...

Disinformation targeting foreign residents is rising during disasters. Experts see parallels with the 1923 Great Kanto ...

The government of Sakhalin, in Russia's Far East, says a delegation of Chinese businesspeople and others have visited Etorofu ...

Hundreds of supermarkets in France have been hit by a cyberattack that caused their freezers and refrigerators to heat up and ...

Many people and interest groups have been pouring money into the US midterms to sway the outcome. The New York Times reports ...

The winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, Navi Pillay, has reiterated the importance of the role of the International ...

Seven railway companies that are part of Tokyo's massive train network are phasing out tickets printed on magnetic paper. Starting next spring, the tickets will be replaced by tickets with QR codes ...

Knowing when an avocado is ripe enough to eat can be tricky. University students in Japan are working on a way to tell when ...

Lineup: 1. Southeast Asia chokes in wildfire smoke haze 2. India voter-list protests move to top court 3. Philippine ...

Former NHK President Inaba Nobuo, who also previously served as Bank of Japan executive director, has died. He was 75.

A festival featuring a portable shrine aboard a fishing boat has been held for the first time in 16 years in the northeastern ...

The International Criminal Court is standing up against US pressure after the Trump administration said the court will be hit ...