East Asia

Japan's opposition parties are reacting to Prime Minister Kishida Fumio's policy speech on Monday....

Japan's health ministry is likely to decide within a week on the timing of re-categorizing COVIV-19 into the same class as seasonal influenza....

The Bank of Japan has conducted its first new fund-supplying operation to guide Japanese government bond yields lower. The 10-year bond yield temporarily dropped to 0.375 percent following the operation....

A Tokyo ward that's home to the author of a popular soccer-themed manga series Captain Tsubasa will acquire land for the construction of a top professional league soccer stadium....

Bomb threats forced eight universities in Japan to temporarily close on Monday....

Islamabad is discussing with Moscow starting imports of Russian oil and gas....

Japan's Meteorological Agency and transport ministry have warned of heavy snow from Tuesday onwards as a result of the coldest air mass so far this season....

A Japanese court is ordering the government to compensate two people who were forcibly sterilized because of a disability. This is the third such ruling in under a year....

Chinese tourists are flocking to Southeast Asia for the Lunar New Year holidays after Beijing lifted its tough COVID rules....

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings says the firm has applied for government approval to raise its electricity rates for households by an average of nearly 30 percent starting in June....

Russia is trying to bolster its ties with friendly nations, as Western countries are stepping up military support for Ukraine....

Japan's health ministry says it confirmed 32,571 new cases of the coronavirus and 253 deaths nationwide on Monday....

Japan's team of pastry chefs, or patissiers, has won the Pastry World Cup, one of the most prestigious Western-style cake competitions, held in the suburbs of the French city of Lyon....

Annual wage negotiations got underway in Japan on Monday. Silicon wafer maker Sumco is one employer that's heeding calls to raise pay for its workers. The firm says a pay bump is possible thanks to AI-generated efficiency gains on its production line....

One of the few remaining public bath artists in Japan has painted murals in a Hokkaido bathhouse of the prefecture's Taisetsusan Mountain Range....

Defense officials of Japan and India have allowed the media to cover their joint fighter drills outside Tokyo. They say they are making arrangements to hold similar exercises in India....

A district court in southwestern Japan has ordered the government to compensate two people who were forced to undergo sterilization under the now-defunct Eugenic Protection Law....

Ozeki Takakeisho said the detours he took over the years before winning his third title at the New Year Grand Sumo tournament were not in vain....

Annual wage negotiations kicked off in Japan on Monday amid a backdrop of soaring inflation. But many medium and small firms can't afford to raise wages. An inn operator in the northern prefecture of Aomori is among them....

In the Japanese Diet session that opened on Monday, lawmakers are allowed to speak on the podium without wearing face masks for the first time in nearly three years....

A Japanese ruling party lawmaker has admitted that he attended a meeting held by the religious group widely known as the Unification Church during an election campaign last year, but did not report it to the party....

A Japanese lawmaker, known as a YouTuber, has been urged to return to Japan and attend an ordinary Diet session that began on Monday....

The snow-covered Kushiro wetlands of Hokkaido offer one of the most dazzling winter spectacles in Japan. And as tourists in the northern prefecture can attest, the best way to take them in is from the warm embrace of an old steam locomotive....

Japanese weather officials are urging people to prepare for heavy snow and cold temperatures as soon as possible. They warn that the coldest air mass of this winter is expected to bring heavy snow to much of the country from Tuesday....

Japan's top government spokesperson says the country will urge Russia to allow Japanese fishing boats to operate as soon as possible around four Russia-controlled northern islands claimed by Japan....

Japan's Defense Minister Hamada Yasukazu says his ministry will take quick action to study measures to prevent officials of the Self-Defense Forces from leaking confidential information....

Japan's Prime Minister Kishida Fumio says addressing the country's falling birthrate will be a top priority for the government....

Japan's foreign minister says the country will express its will at the Group of Seven summit in May to uphold the international order based on the rule of law....

Japan's welfare ministry has again urged a religious group once called the Unification Church to abide by the relevant laws and regulations on adoptions among its followers....

Annual wage negotiations have kicked off in Japan amid a backdrop of soaring inflation. The focus is on how much businesses are willing to increase pay and whether smaller companies can keep pace....

Last Thursday, a woman was found dead in her house in Komae City, Tokyo, in a suspected robbery-homicide. NHK has now learned the Tokyo Metropolitan Police suspect the group involved in this case also carried out a spate of similar robberies in the Kanto ...

Police in the United States say the suspect in a deadly shooting outside Los Angeles has been found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. It ends a manhunt that began after a gunman killed 10 people and injured 10 others during Lunar New Year celebratio...

Mass travel is underway in China, where the weeklong Lunar New Year holiday period began on Saturday.But the overseas destinations for Chinese travelers are limited, and Japan is not high on the list....

A Japanese court is set to issue a ruling in a case of forced sterilization under the now-defunct Eugenic Protection Law....

Police in Tokyo have arrested a man on suspicion of forcing a female customer of a so-called host club into prostitution....

Negotiators from Japanese automaker Nissan and its French partner Renault are waiting for their boards of directors to approve an agreement that would restructure their capital relationship....

People enjoyed sightseeing in the ancient capital of Nara from a hot air balloon, getting a bird's-eye view of streets lined with old temples and other historical buildings....

A civic group in Hiroshima held a candlelight vigil on Sunday marking the second anniversary of the United Nations treaty banning nuclear weapons....

Many advocates of abortion rights have rallied across the United States, demanding the rights be restored in states where they have been repealed since a Supreme Court decision last year....

Japanese weather officials warn that the coldest air mass of this winter is expected to bring heavy snow to the Sea of Japan coast and some areas on the Pacific side of the country from Tuesday....

US Vice President Kamala Harris has spoken in support of abortion rights, saying that those rights are under attack across the United States....

Police in the United States are looking for the assailant who opened fire during Lunar New Year celebrations, leaving at least 10 people dead and 10 others wounded....

Ukrainian and Russian forces appear to be locked in fierce battles as Russia has intensified attacks in southern Ukraine in addition to its offensive in the east....

The Japanese Diet opens its 150-day ordinary session on Monday. The ruling and opposition parties are expected to hold heated discussions on measures to address rising prices and to bolster national defense....

US police say a gunman has opened fire in a suburb of Los Angeles, California, leaving at least 10 people dead and 10 others wounded....

The Ukrainian military has said that Russian forces are stepping up their surveillance activities in apparent preparation for more missile attacks....

Japanese weather officials warn that the coldest air mass of this winter is expected to bring heavy snow to the Sea of Japan coast and some areas on the Pacific side of the country from Tuesday....

People in China are flocking to temples, parks and other sightseeing spots across the country, as the week-long Lunar New Year observations have begun....

At least nine people have been killed in a mass shooting in the US state of California....

China's health authorities said over 12,000 hospitalized people infected with the coronavirus died in the seven days through Thursday....