Gion Matsuri was restored to its former glory in 2014, almost 50 years after its two processions were merged into one. Again ...

Japan plans to streamline entry procedures for overseas visitors at Narita and Haneda airports in Tokyo, and Kansai Airport ...

A Japanese bullet train operator is investigating what caused two linked Shinkansen trains to uncouple while moving at high ...

Hand-held communication devices have detonated across Lebanon for two days in a row, raising concern that the conflict ...

The Hyogo Prefectural Assembly in western Japan has passed a no-confidence motion against its governor. Saito Motohiko has ...

Authorities in Malaysia have charged five people in connection with a massive child abuse case, after hundreds of children ...

East Japan Railway says services on the Tohoku Shinkansen line have resumed after two linked trains became uncoupled.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark index gained more than 2 percent on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve decided to cut ...

Bank of Japan officials have wrapped up the first day of discussions at their two-day monetary policy meeting.

Vietnam is facing Tropical Storm Soulik even as the country is still reeling from the impact of Typhoon Yagi, which ravaged ...

Japanese communities in China are reeling from a fatal knife attack on a 10-year-old student of a Japanese school in the southern city of Shenzhen. Some events in the country that would have attracted ...

US tech giant Meta Platforms has unveiled a set of enhanced privacy controls to protect teenage users on Instagram. The ...