Japanese police have reported that the number of restraining orders issued against stalkers hit a record high last year.

Dealing with people who receive restraining orders remains a challenge. The National Police Agency says last year it urged ...

Major convenience store chain operators in Japan have begun selling lower-priced rice released from national reserves. The ...

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has assembled a top-level task force to investigate the ongoing rice crisis. He is ...

The United States has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that calls for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected Ukraine's proposals for a ceasefire or a summit, saying, "Who would negotiate ...

Defense officials from Western countries gathered on Wednesday to discuss military support for Ukraine, but the US Pentagon ...

As the world is still reacting to US President Donald Trump's recent move to double tariffs on steel and aluminum, the focus ...

Police in central Japan say a Peruvian man, who was arrested after driving the wrong way on an expressway and causing a series of crashes, has admitted that he drank alcohol before the incident. Rossi ...

The Japanese government says the number of Japanese births last year dropped below 700,000 for the first time since ...

US President Donald Trump renewed his call for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to cut interest rates after new employment ...

Armed ethnic minority groups in Myanmar have announced the extension of a temporary ceasefire. They said the truce will be ...