A group of companies is developing a mobile robot to inspect equipment to be used by Japan's next-generation Maglev trains.

A Japanese government official says the government has confirmed that a Japanese national was detained by Iranian authorities ...

South Korea's fertility rate rose for the second straight year in 2025 to 0.80. Still, it remains among the lowest in the ...

Japan's telecom giant NTT Docomo says it will end its 3G network service for its feature phones at the end of March.

Four years after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, its citizens forge on, enduring deadly attacks and days without power or heat ...

A commission of Japan's main ruling Liberal Democratic Party has accepted a draft proposal to abolish a restriction that limits transfer of the country's defense equipment to five non-lethal ...

A British think tank says global defense spending in 2025 has reached a record 2.63 trillion dollars, up 2.5 percent from the ...

The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark index hit an intraday high on Wednesday morning. This followed an overnight rally in the ...

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae has said there is no legal problem with her distribution of gift catalogs to lawmakers of her Liberal Democratic Party.

A festival celebrating the beauty of plum flowers is underway in western Japan, as winter turns into early spring. Visitors ...

The San'in Kaigan Geopark Trail is a 230-kilometer-long course connecting the Sea of Japan coastline along Tottori, Hyogo, ...

A Japanese religious group previously known as the Unification Church says it has returned money in response to damage claims by people including active members. This comes before a possible appellate ...