A magnitude 6.4 earthquake, measuring a weak 6 on Japan's seismic intensity scale, struck off the west coast of Shikoku island on Wednesday night.
Indonesia's Ruang volcano saw a massive eruption on Wednesday night, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to probe whether a tsunami had been generated.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol held talks over the telephone on Wednesday evening, with the two leaders agreeing to deepen bilateral cooperation, as well as trilateral ties with the United States, their mutual ally.
U.S. President Joe Biden is calling for higher tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum, part of a series of steps to shore up the American steel sector and woo its workers in this year’s election.
Flights into Dubai were diverted and cars were left stranded on flooded roads after record rainfall over the past day brought the city to a standstill.
The two members of Yoasobi haven’t really had a chance to process just what a historic week they’ve had.
Japan is on course to achieve a government goal of topping the pre-pandemic figure of 32 million annual foreign visitors by 2025, with the January-March quarter seeing a record 8.56 million, data from the Japan National Tourism Organization showed Wednesday.
With the yen repeatedly declining to fresh historic lows against the U.S. dollar, speculation has been rife that Japanese financial authorities could intervene in the currency market at any time.
Even small delays in Japan's much-vaunted bullet trains are rare, and more unusual still are snakes on board holding up the speedy shinkansen services.
Jailed Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest, a military official said Wednesday, as the junta announced a heatwave had prompted measures to protect inmates.
The town assembly of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, began deliberations Wednesday on whether to accept a "literature survey" to examine the town's suitability for hosting a final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste from nuclear plants.
Australia unveiled its first National Defense Strategy on Wednesday, signaling a new focus on deterring China's "coercive tactics" in a region seen as lurching toward conflict.
Japan's parliament enacted a bill on Wednesday to ease restrictions on Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT), partly to help the group become more competitive on the global stage.
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday declined a request from senior party lawmaker Ryu Shionoya to review a penalty given to him over a high-profile political funding scandal.
Brokerage analysts in China are confronting a harsh new reality.
The internal affairs ministry on Tuesday issued administrative guidance to Fujitsu over a fresh problem with a subsidiary's My Number-linked certificate issuance system.
Philippines and U.S. forces will sink a target ship, retake an island and sail in waters facing the South China Sea in joint military drills that will start next week against the backdrop of maritime tensions with Beijing.
Japanese police are cracking down on investment scams that deceive victims into transferring large sums of money through social media accounts posing as prominent businesspeople.
Terrified onlookers crouch behind a wall as lights streak across the night sky, in what self-proclaimed digital investigators claimed was footage of Iranian drones over Israel. But the video is months old, repurposed to sow misinformation.
Among the many mysteries about long COVID, one of the most vexing has been why women seem to experience the condition more often and more severely than men.
India's opposition faces huge challenges as their loose coalition of more than two dozen parties take on the juggernaut of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party in a general election that begins this week.
When I was deciding the topic of my Ph.D. some years ago and expressed interest in studying the politics of climate change, a fellow doctoral candidate asked why I was not pursuing a “real” political science.
Japan’s potential participation in advanced military capability projects with the United States, Britain and Australia under their AUKUS security pact could not only enhance Japanese capabilities, but also provide a new set of opportunities to boost the country's defense industry.
Japanese police remain on high alert amid a surge in arrests, other enforcement actions and accidents involving unlicensed moped riders and individuals neglecting to wear helmets while riding, with no sign of the situation improving.
Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel and the prospect of escalating hostilities has threatened to embroil Jordan, a key Western ally and a country regarded by Gulf states as pivotal to their own security.
