The United States says its allies in Asia should spend 5 percent of their gross domestic product on defense, which is the ...

Sweltering Summers Inspire New Products] This episode features new products that were developed in response to Japan's ...

Residents of Japan's big cities are accustomed to a high standard of medical care. But many are now finding access to ...

We meet cats whose owner grows plants used to make cloth in a traditional way. Another cat, Lock, lives at a temple. He takes ...

Branches from trees culled to thin the forest, once of no value, are the ideal material for Ishibashi Tetsushi. Extracting ...

Wooden sailing ships from the Korean peninsula once visited Japan for exchanges of learning and culture. A replica of such a ...

Two Air Self-Defense Force aircraft have left for Djibouti to prepare for a possible evacuation of Japanese nationals in ...

The Omotenashi Bosai project in Osaka's Minato Ward offered the shaky encounter on Saturday to promote the safe evacuation of ...

Lineup: 1. Thai Prime Minister faces growing calls to step down 2. New Zealand, China leaders affirm importance of economic ties 3. Vietnam joins BRICS as partner country ...

Japanese astronaut Onishi Takuya says he will continue fulfilling his duties as commander of the International Space Station ...

Officials in the Philippines accuse the Chinese Coast Guard of firing water cannon at one of their vessels. They say the ...

The Iranian foreign minister met with top European diplomats in Geneva on Friday in a bid to ease the conflict between Iran ...