Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda avoided giving any clear signal that he might raise interest rates next month by sticking to his view that the bank needs to keep...

Kyiv – Russian missiles killed at least one person and damaged energy infrastructure across Ukraine, according to officials who reported a massive Christmas attack. Air raid sirens rang out over...

The average retail price of regular gasoline in Japan has exceeded ¥180 per liter for the first time in 15 months as the government started reducing subsidies, the industry ministry...

Tokyo District Court on Wednesday sentenced a Chinese man to eight months in prison for vandalizing the war-related Yasukuni Shrine. According to the ruling, Jiang Zhuojun, 29, conspired with two...

Astana, Kazakhstan – An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet with 67 people on board crashed on Wednesday in western Kazakhstan after veering from its scheduled route, officials said. Azerbaijani authorities said...

Seoul – A factory turned into a battlefield, riot police armed with tasers and an activist who spent 100 days atop a chimney — the unrest that inspired Netflix’s most...

Education minister Toshiko Abe on Wednesday asked a government panel to consider ways to give schools more discretion to determine class hours and content as part of a planned overall...

Russia and China are teaming up to collaborate in the information space and push their worldview onto global audiences. It is well-known that Russian and Chinese troll farms are active...

Washington – U.S. mayors and others have sent a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden seeking his approval of Nippon Steel’s plan to acquire United States Steel, it was learned...