More and more people in South Korea are owning pets these days. That's prompting strong new bonds but also growing problems.

Animals at a zoo in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, have been given heaters and baths as early winter temperatures decline.

The operator of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says it has completed the first test retrieval of fuel debris from one of the damaged reactors.

The Republican nominee for US president, Donald Trump, is getting ready to make a historic return to the White House. He ...

Tokyo's benchmark stock index ended lower on Thursday despite a strong rally on Wall Street overnight. All three major indexes in the US posted record highs following Donald Trump's projected win in ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed concern that fighting between Ukrainian forces and North Korean troops ...

Thursday marks 13 months since the October 7 attack on Israel by the Islamic group Hamas, which prompted Israel to launch a ...

US Vice President Kamala Harris, who was defeated by Donald Trump in Tuesday's presidential election, has delivered her ...

Leaders in Asia have responded to Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election.

Many leading Japanese trading houses have posted lower net profit for the first half of the fiscal year. Declines in resource ...

US trading partners in the region may face higher tariffs from the next administration. An expert says a Trump win could slow ...

Germany's three-party ruling coalition has collapsed after failing to agree on economic and fiscal policies, paving the way for a snap election by the end of March.