Japanese government bonds were largely steady on Tuesday, as investors wrestled with optimism over a potential Middle East ceasefire and un...

A significant earthquake, measured at magnitude 7.4 by the USGS, struck off the east coast of Russia's Kamchatka region. Initial concerns a...

Despite facing calls for his resignation following the Liberal Democratic Party's loss of its upper house majority, Japanese PM Shigeru Ish...

Japan election results 2024 have shown Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's ruling coalition is losing majority, according to reports.

Exit polls indicate Japan's ruling coalition might not secure a parliamentary majority, heightening uncertainty in the government. The Libe...

According to Japan's defense ministry, a Chinese Navy survey vessel briefly entered Japanese territorial waters off Kagoshima Prefecture be...

An earthquake off Kyushu led Japan to issue its first megaquake warning for the Nankai trough. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida canceled a trip...

A Japanese government alert and its coast guard also said North Korea had fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile. The projectile app...

Japan's Prime Minister Kishida Fumio vows to bolster defense and diplomacy to ensure peace amidst escalating military activities around the...

Kishida was visiting the Saikazaki port in Wakayama prefecture to cheer his ruling party's candidate in a local election. There was an expl...

The South Korean military's Joint Chiefs of Staff announced that the launches -- the seventh and eighth in two weeks -- came from the south...

The epicentre of the earthquake was in the Soya region of the northern island of Hokkaido, and at a depth of 3 kilometres, the National Res...

The Nikkei 225 index fell 1.41 percent, or 326.21 points, to 22,882.65 after local media reported Abe was set to quit, hours before he was ...

The row over the uninhabited East China Sea islets may add to recent tension caused by Japan's criticisms of Beijing's plan to impose a new...

Sharp has unveiled its first commercially-available 8K TV set is going on sale on October 30. Of course that's commercially-available not c...

Seismologists say that the "Big One" - a huge quake below or near Tokyo, forecast to kill thousands - is, statistically speaking, long over...

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Holdings and its two rivals are considering an integration of their operation to become Japan's biggest non...