South Korea’s slide into constitutional chaos echoes dysfunction in the U.S.—and promises headaches for Washington.

Global tourism generated nearly $1.6 trillion (about ¥250 trillion) in 2024, about 3% more than the previous year and 4% more than in 2019.

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's philanthropy arm said on Thursday it will provide funding to help cover the U.S.

Extreme weather disrupted the schooling of about 242 million children in 85 countries last year — roughly 1 in 7 students, the U.N. children's agency reported Thursday, deploring what it said was an ...

SEREMBAN: Putrajaya is awaiting a response from Tokyo to bring forward a conference with a specific focus on rebuilding Gaza that is due to be held in July, says Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan (pic).

Just after the start of a six-week ceasefire in Gaza, Palestinian Ambassador to Japan Waleed Siam sat for an interview with The Japan News on Thursday to share his views on the situation.

Panic spread in Goma on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to the city in eastern Congo as they battle the Congolese army. Bombs were heard going off in the distant outskirts and ...

The family of Megumi Yokota, who was 13 when she was abducted by North Korean agents in 1977, met the US president previously in Tokyo.

VIENTIANE: Laos and Japan have opened a new chapter in their bilateral ties by elevating their relationship to a ...