The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP) submitted a bill April 30 to revise the Civil Code to introduce a ...

South Korean Prime Minister and Acting President Han Duck Soo stepped down Thursday and suggested he will run in the June 3 ...

A Japanese atomic bomb survivor expressed hope for progress at a major U.N. conference on nuclear disarmament next year, ...

South Korea's Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a lower court's acquittal of Lee Jae Myung, the main opposition Democratic ...

Petals from Somei Yoshino cherry trees are seen piled up on the ground like snow at Hirosaki Park in Hirosaki, Aomori ...

A body was found Thursday off the coast of Hokkaido, northern Japan, local police said, saying it belonged to a 54-year-old ...

The India and Brunei pavilions for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, opened Thursday, leaving Nepal as the ...

The yen sank to the 144 level against the U.S. dollar Thursday amid speculation that the Bank of Japan will remain cautious ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A "baby hatch" at a Tokyo hospital has been used for the first time since it was opened as an avenue for ...

The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP) has submitted a bill to the House of Representatives to amend the Civil ...

This year, many people in Japan will stay home during Golden Week. This is mostly because prices are going up and to avoid ...

A 27-year-old U.S. Marine in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture was indicted on Wednesday for allegedly raping a woman and injuring ...