A Singapore team led by a Japanese researcher is turning the pests that crawl through tiny spaces into remote-controlled ...

The UN special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar has described the elections the military plans for December as a 'sham,' noting opposition parties are excluded.

A South Korean court has ruled that the K-pop girl group NewJeans still belongs to its agency despite a dispute over its ...

Persistent heavy rain in central Vietnam that started last week has triggered major flooding in wide areas, killing ten ...

Japanese Cabinet ministers have held crisis talks on the surging number of bear attacks in urban areas. They plan to ease the rules on who can be authorized to shoot the animals during an emergency.

Japanese cabinet ministers have been given until mid-November to work out additional measures to deal with the growing threat ...

A drill for capturing bears has been held at a camp of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force in Akita Prefecture. Our site uses ...

The Bank of Japan has kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged. Policymakers say US tariffs are creating uncertainty for ...

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 climbed again on Thursday, posting a record closing high for the second straight day. Many investors took the view that the US-China summit had helped to ease trade tensions.

The Akita Prefectural Government in northern Japan has more than doubled the number of employees assigned to deal with bears.

Authorities in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward don't want any crowd trouble during Halloween. So they've hidden one of the area's most popular meeting spots.

US President Donald Trump met with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in South Korea on Thursday. It was their first ...