Japanese agriculture minister Eto Taku has retracted a comment he made about rice over the weekend. Eto apologized and ...

The leaders of Thailand and Indonesia have agreed to upgrade their countries' ties to a strategic partnership. The move comes ...

The president of Latvia, a Baltic state neighboring Russia, has said it is necessary to look at introducing more sanctions on ...

Australia's ruling Labor Party won a majority of seats in a general election earlier this month. With vote counting ongoing, ...

The Democratic Party's Lee Jae-myung is ahead in the polls with over two weeks till voting day. Can People Power Party's Kim ...

The last stage of large-scale redevelopment around Shibuya Station in Tokyo has begun, in what has been called a ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will visit Hiroshima in June, as 2025 marks 80 years since the end of World War ...

The Israeli military announced on Sunday that it had launched a major ground operation in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli Defense ...

People of Japanese descent in the Philippines have called on the Japanese government to do more to help them gain citizenship ...

US President Donald Trump is to speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone in the coming hours about ending fighting ...

Data from the agriculture ministry show rice prices are up again for the week through May 11, reversing a slight decline the ...

Jewish and Palestinian people in the United States have held separate rallies to make their cases as the Israeli military ...