While the declining birthrate has forced many public schools across Japan to close, some have found second lives as camp ...

Cocoa, a beloved female Amur tiger known for her physical disability and resilience, passed away on June 18 at the age of 17, ...

HIROSHIMA—Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako laid white flowers and paid their respects on June 19 at the Cenotaph for the ...

TAIPEI--Taiwan completed the maiden sea trial for its first domestically developed submarine on Tuesday, a major step in a ...

BEIJING-- Some Chinese civil servants have been ordered not to dine out in groups of more than three after deaths linked to ...

Taiwan sealed a partnership deal on Tuesday with U.S. and German-based Auterion for drone software battle-tested in Ukraine ...

BANGKOK--An Air India flight from Phuket in Thailand to India's capital New Delhi received an onboard bomb threat on Friday ...

BEIJING--China’s biggest mid-year shopping festival, 618, ended on Wednesday evening without much fanfare after more than a month of promotional events aimed at enticing consumers to part with more of ...

Japan and the U.S. on Friday explored the possibility of a trade agreement, Japan's top tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, told a briefing, while refraining from commenting how close they are to ...

【シアトル共同】サッカーのクラブワールドカップ（W杯）は19日、アトランタなどで1次リーグ第2戦が行われ、A組でマイアミ（米国）がポルト（ポルトガル）に2―1で逆転勝ちし ...

男たちから口座の暗証番号を教えるように迫られたときに利恵さんが取った行動を、磯谷さんは明かした。5分間のカウントダウンをして包丁で脅され、利恵さんが口にしたのは「2960」というウソの暗証番号。「にくむわ」という 語呂合わせ だった。

所有者が小規模で手入れの行き届かない森林は、市町村が仲人役になって、民間事業者に経営を橋渡しして――。こんな趣旨の法律が6年前にできた。従来の民間取引だけでは、全国的に森林の整備が進まないという危機感から生まれた国の新制度だ。いま全国の市町村が取り組 ...