The Kremlin has announced that President Vladimir Putin had telephone talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

The Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games have opened in the absence of an Iranian team. Athletes from Ukraine and six other countries boycotted the opening ceremony because of the participation ...

Japan's Trade Minister says he asked his US counterpart to make sure new US tariff measures will not put Tokyo at a disadvantage compared with a bilateral trade agreement reached last year.

Reuters news agency reported on Thursday that the US military was "likely" responsible for a strike on an elementary school ...

The Israel Defense Forces said on Friday that they destroyed an underground military bunker in the Iranian capital Tehran.

Japan's Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae has met her Canadian counterpart Mark Carney in Tokyo. They agreed to launch a bilateral economic security dialogue, partly to strengthen supply chains for ...

Travel from Kushiro to Abashiri through winter scenery, and see rare cranes and other wildlife along the way. An active volcano has deep links to the railway. Drift ice floats off the Shiretoko coast.

China's leaders face a familiar economic challenge this year in the threat of deflation. The solution: reviving the property market to get consumers spending again. Economists say time is running out.

The scent of steamed sweet rice and the pulse of drums fill the air in Hakata Ward, Fukuoka. It’s the start of Hakata no Mochitsuki, a hands-on celebration where neighbors and travelers alike take ...

Fifteen years after a massive earthquake and tsunami triggered meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, an NHK team ...

The Iran conflict has paralyzed shipping and choked off exports of used cars from Japan to the region. An expert explains the knock-on effects for the wider auto industry.

In Nepal, a youth-backed party does well in the early count for the first general election since protests toppled the government last year.